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WHAT IS OVERVIEW (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) is the leading open source complete virtualization solution on X86 hardware and it supports all major operating systems including Linux and Windows. enables organizations to be agile by providing robust flexibility and scalability that fit their specific business demands. converts the Linux kernel into a bare metal hypervisor and it leverages the advanced features of Intel VT-X and AMD-V X86 hardware, thus delivering unsurpassed performance levels. In addition, incorporates Linux security features including SELinux(Security-Enhanced Linux) developed by the US Security Agency to add access controls, multi-level and multi-category security as well as policy enforcement. As a result, organizations are protected from compromised virtual machines which are isolated and cannot be accessed by any other processes. OPEN SOURCE Much like Linux itself, server virtualization technology is following the now-familiar trajectory toward open and standard implementations. Just as industry-standard x86 processors have steadily replaced proprietary processors, and Linux has replaced many proprietary operating systems, so too open source hypervisor technology now competes directly with other virtualization solutions. This progress has been aided by the fact that industry- standard x86 processors and systems have grown increasingly more powerful, in terms of processing, memory, and I/O and now represent attractive shared resources. In addition, the integration of key virtualization technology at the processor level by both Intel (Intel VT) and AMD (AMD-V) has enabled virtualization to be deeply integrated at the Linux kernel level, yielding significant benefits in terms of performance, scalability, and security.
THE SOLUTION OVERVIEW Analysis shows that can be 60-90% less expensive than other solutions, while offering the same core functionality. represents a truly open solution that delivers real value in terms of functionality. Organizations save on licensing costs while enjoying the technical and financial advantages of an open multi-vendor ecosystem. * Case study on LetterGen, an IT services provider in Belgium. 67% LOWER COST
THE SOLUTION ENTERPRISE PERFORMANCE & HIGHER SCALABILITY SPECvirt_sc2010 RESULTS In recent performance evaluations, has consistently matched up with leading proprietary technologies, demonstrating the highest performance benchmarks. SPECvirt_sc2010 is the first vendorneutral benchmark designed to measure the performance of data center servers that are used for server virtualization. These results show that delivers a higher performance level than VMware in the 2, 4, 8 socket categories. In layman terms, the higher the performance, the more workloads that can be run on that virtualization solution. Here, the top score represents 552 high-performing Virtual Machines running on a single x86 server. 2 SOCKET CPU 4 SOCKET CPU 8 SOCKET CPU KV M TOP SCORE 2144@132 KV M TOP SCORE 4603@282 KV M TOP SCORE 8956@552 VMware TOP SCORE 1878@120 VMware TOP SCORE 3824@234 VMware TOP SCORE N/A * SPEC, SPECvirt, and SPECvirt_sc are trademarks or registered trademarks of the Standard Performance Evaluation Corp. (SPEC). Reported leadership in the SPECvirt_sc2010 benchmark reflects results published on www.spec.org as of September 1, 2012. For more information and the latest SPECvirt_sc2010 results visit www.spec.org/osg/virt_sc2010.
THE SOLUTION ADVANCED SECURITY Because it s built on top of Linux, is able to utilize the advanced security capabilities of Security Enhanced Linux (SELinux). This enables to provide Mandatory Access Control security between virtual machines. In addition, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 with the hypervisor on IBM systems has been awarded the Common Criteria Certification at Evaluation Assurance Level 4+ (EAL4+), meeting government security standards, and allowing open virtualization to be used in homeland security projects. COMMON CRITERIA CERTIFICATION Security Enhanced Linux (SELinux) Mandatory Access Control between virtual machines
THE SOLUTION ovirt Given the growing complexity of virtualized infrastructure, enterprise-grade management is absolutely critical to success. OVA supports the ovirt Project for virtual data management; the first truly open and comprehensive data center virtualization management initiative related to virtualization. ovirt is a feature-rich server virtualization management system with advanced capabilities for host and guest operating systems; including high availability, live migration, storage management, system scheduler, and more. ovirt components are designed and tested to work together, and represent a comprehensive ecosystem of projects delivering a complete integrated platform on a well-defined release schedule. In addition, ovirt provides a crucial venue for user and developer cooperation. A COMPLETE, OPEN, AND MANAGEABLE SOLUTION ovirt
THE SOLUTION USE CASES The barriers for deploying technology in the enterprise are low, both for greenfield deployments, and as an alternative or replacements for other virtualization technologies. is being used to support a number of compelling use cases across a wide variety of organizations, and the OVA anticipates growing adoption in the following key areas: Hypervisor of choice for cloud. is the hypervisor of choice for open source cloud stacks. Cloud Service Providers are drawn to because of its low cost and ease of deployment, enabling them deploy public cloud infrastructure easily and at competitive end-user prices. Enterprise virtualization for large-scale enterprises. Many organizations have standard or strategic interest in deploying multiple hypervisors to manage heterogeneous environments. can help provide cost relief while giving organizations a migration path toward open solutions. Virtualizing Linux Servers. Virtualization is growing within the installed base of Linux servers, and combined with ovirt provides a compelling and complete solution. Because comes as a standard part of Linux, there is considerable virtualization opportunity within the existing Linux installed base. Virtualization of compute, storage, networking. As applications and servers become virtualized, there is strong pressure for other infrastructure components to be deployed as flexible and agile virtualized services. For instance, both storage and networking are increasingly viewed not as components, but as virtualized services, and Linux and are popular technology choices because of their flexibility and small footprint.
GET LINUX DISTRIBUTION is provided as a standard component of popular Linux distributions including: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 and above SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SPI and above Canonical Ubuntu 10.04 LTS and above
GET STANDALONE HYPERVISOR Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization for Servers (RHEV) gives you near-bare-metal and better-than-bare-metal performance, and industry-leading scalability for enterprise workloads. Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization for Servers If you want to use the latest version of kernel modules and supporting userspace, you can download the latest version from Sourceforge.net. Download at Sourceforge.net
JOIN OVA JOIN US Why should your organization join the OVA? Gain increased visibility for your -based solution as part of the open virtualization ecosystem Network with other members and learn how to grow your revenue by adding value to -based virtualization Enhance your brand recognition to the global market by taking advantage of the awareness that OVA is creating for open virtualization Leverage the OVA to strengthen your sales and marketing initiatives - participate in events, ads, press, social media, presentations, collateral, and more sponsored by the OVA Contribute to OVA-generated publications, presentations, solution briefs, press, and social media What marketing activities can members participate in? Dedicated section on the OVA Website where members can upload their OVA related materials Speaking opportunities in the OVA webinars and various OVA sponsored events Social media marketing activities and PR activities for OVA and the members Trade show presence at OVA booth during major industry events Networking opportunities with the biggest names in the industry Co-branded documentation such as success stories, white papers and more
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JOIN OVA OUR MISSION Comprised of leading virtualization, data center, and cloud solution providers, the Open Virtualization Alliance s goal is to help: INCREASE overall awareness and understanding of FOSTER the adoption of as choice in enterprise-class virtualization solutions ACCELERATE the emergence of an ecosystem of third-party solutions around ENCOURAGE interoperability, promote best practices, and highlight examples of customer successes
JOIN OVA WHAT WE DO WHAT WE DO To accomplish our goals, the Open Virtualization Alliance will work to: Educate the marketplace about and -based solutions. Increase awareness and credibility for -based solutions through marketing and promotional activities. Publish best-practices for based solutions in the form of design patterns, blueprints, reference architectures, and more. Enable -based solutions and facilitate bringing them to market.