Recently there has been a large interest in virtualization
technology from many market sectors. Cost reduction,
response to business needs, and system consolidation
all contribute to the virtualization trend. The major
reasons for adopting Blade servers or rack mounted
servers for consolidation and virtualization include:
• Efficient use of space
• Straightforward form factor
• Support for a large memory space
• Sufficient I/O bandwidth for the virtual machines
to share
While the virtualization software is maturing rapidly,
choosing the right hardware can make a huge difference
in how well a virtualization project succeeds. In
order to test the readiness of hardware for virtualization
market, OpenBench Labs tested the Appro XtremeServer
which utilitizes the AMD Opteron™ processors.
Results indicate that the high performance design
of the XtremeServer is ready to provide a robust Xen
virtualization environment that can simplify infrastructure
while scaling applications and safeguarding uptime.
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