White Papers for Download - December 2013

Dec 19, 2013

White Papers for Download

KVM has earned a reputation as the highest performing hypervisor in virtualization benchmarks, holding the top results in both SPECvirt_sc2010 and SPECvirt_sc2013 benchmarks. One of the key ingredients to this success is KVM's ability to handle the high I/O rates required by enterprise workloads, such as databases, ERP systems, and low-latency financial trading applications that are running in virtual machines. This technical paper, "KVM Virtualized I/O Performance," demonstrates that KVM can deliver the highest storage I/O rates ever reported for a single virtual machine (guest) using the "virtio-blk-data-plane" technology, which is available as a Technology Preview in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 Service Pack 3 (SP3). Go here.

This white paper from IBM showcases the capabilities of open standards-based virtualized infrastructure for achieving a resilient and technologically advanced infrastructure, and delivering a low cost per virtual machine (VM). IBM accomplishes this by leveraging IBM PureSystems as a base platform for IBM Linux Technology Center virtualization with various capabilities around server, storage, network, and virtualization management. PureSystems combine the flexibility of a general purpose system, the elasticity of cloud and the simplicity of an appliance. They are integrated by design and come with built in expertise gained from decades of experience to deliver a simplified IT experience. Access the paper, “Getting more out of your IBM PureFlex system with KVM,” here.
“KVM and open virtualization: Who’s using it, how and why?” which won an honorable mention in the MarCom 2013 Awards, examines the benefits to organizations of using KVM technology to virtualize their infrastructure, and describes use cases in which IBM clients have found success with KVM. Most organizations are familiar with the advantages of virtualization and cloud computing to the IT infrastructure. But not every organization has taken the next step and begun implementing its own virtualization solution. IBM strongly believes that open source can enable both flexibility and cost savings for its clients, which is why it is supporting KVM for enterprise virtualization. Download the paper here.