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Thursday 20 March 2008, 5:00 PM

Why Novell is happy with Hyper-V

Microsoft's Hyper-V virtualisation technology is becoming less virtual by the moment - in the sense that its delivery is approaching. But as it comes into focus, its Linux support is coming in for criticism.

The software is now a "feature complete release candidate", which means it's nearly ready. But it is being

Hi,

Yes, even with Hyper-V supporting SUSE Linux 10 SP1. Its not easy to get it running with the desired performance. You might want to check the following article which show the length process of setting up SUSE Linux 10 SP1 on Hyper-V with IC & Xen Kernel. Its quite Lengthy and not so easy check it out at http://www.itcomparison.com/blg/?p=11

Its a good idea to look at the above article if you are planning to go with the Hyper-V solution and you have many Linux servers to virtualize.

I hope that will help many of you, considering Linux on Hyper-V. Or others who are wondering why running their Linux on hyper-V is too slow, as they have missed the optimization process.

Enjoy,
Mrvirtualization

Updated by vmguru007 on May 22, 2008 5:27 PM