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Digital Networks Releases Openvirt 2.0

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New release of Openvirt based on Ubuntu 10.04 Server LTS introduces new virtualization features. Today Digital Networks released Openvirt 2.0. Openvirt provides a full virtualization platform for Linux, Windows, Solaris and FreeBSD virtual machines.

May 25 2010 - Today Digital Networks released Openvirt 2.0. Openvirt provides a full virtualization platform for Linux, Windows, Solaris and FreeBSD virtual machines.

Openvirt provides commercial quality virtualization that is completely free of license fees. A web based control panel makes for easy management.

Full virtualization of unmodified operating systems includes support for Linux, Windows, Solaris and FreeBSD virtual machines.

Live migration is supported even between hosts with completely different CPUs. A high availability service will automatically restart virtual machines which were running on a physical host that failed.

Integration with iSCSI, Fibre Channel and InfiniBand SANs is supported. Most networks including 10 Gigabit Ethernet and InfiniBand are supported.

"Not only can Openvirt save your organisation serious money in license fees, it also gives you real access to your data." said Lee Chisnall, CTO of Digital Networks. "There are no proprietary control panels restricting access to your data. The open design of the platform allows you to build completely bespoke solutions."

Openvirt is now based on Ubuntu 10.04 Server LTS. This is supported until April 2015.

Release 2.0 platform components: - Ubuntu 10.04 Server LTS base OS - Linux kernel 2.6.33 - QEMU-KVM 0.12.3 - Libvirt 0.8.0 - Control Panel Release 11

Release 2.0 includes these new features: - High availability service - Kernel Samepage Merging for reduced memory usage - Guests disk usage monitor - Centralised SQL server for monitoring records - Full system logging - Power distribution units support - Cluster test - Pre-built templates for CentOS, Debian, Fedora, openSUSE and Ubuntu - Detailed template creation tutorials - Batch cloning - Release check service - Plus many minor other and refinements

Full details of Openvirt are available here: [HYPERLINK@www.dnuk.com]

About DNUK ([HYPERLINK@www.dnuk.com]) DNUK builds storage and virtualization systems. Our platforms focus on technical solutions and are designed to reduce your costs and simplify management. Since 1998 we've been building Linux computers and we offer standards-based platforms that integrate with Windows, Linux, Unix and Mac networks.

Media Contact Kristy Parkes Digital Networks UK Ltd, Unit 1, Kingston Mills, Manchester Road, Hyde, Cheshire, SK14 2BZ Tel: +44 161 366 6600 Email: kristy.parkes [at] dnuk.com

Distributed on behalf of Digital Networks UK Ltd by NeonDrum ([HYPERLINK@www.neondrum.com]) Nicky Denovan Tel: +44 7747 017654 nicky[at]neondrum[dot]com

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Comments (6)

Quoting: Q. Where do I download Openvirt from? A. Openvirt uses Ubuntu Server as the base operating system. You download and install Ubuntu Server. Contact us for instructions for installing Openvirt on Ubuntu Server. We only provide the software to UK based organisations.
Heheh, funny definition of "open".
Well, there's an easy test. If anyone is in the UK, see if they will install OpenVirt on your box. You should get the source along with it. And you should be able to distribute the source to the rest of the world.

But it seems to me that OpenVirt is just a control panel on top of libvirt and KVM.
I thought source was required only if it was requested?
1) it appears that OpenVirt is not Open ...so I assume it's proprietary ( but supplied at no charge?) 2) Seems these people think that Xen is proprietary ...

So obviously they have a disconnect in the understanding of the terms "open" and " proprietary" in reference to software. Hope they don't give KVM a bad name ... they certainly aren't doing the open source community any favors.

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