On Wednesday 01 April 2009 13:39:36 Robert P. J. Day wrote:
i'm reading the section on CPU virtualization extensions here:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Virtualization_Quick_Start
and it occurs to me to ask whether anyone would want to get *seriously* into virtualization without having machines with those extensions.
is it safe to say that, by now, most modern systems come with VT or AMD-V support? and by "serious" virtualization, i don't mean someone downloading and goofing around with it, i mean people who want to set up virtual corporate servers or mission-critical stuff.
thoughts?
I think there are quite a few businesses still using Xen and related stuff (like the "vserver" containers) to run real live applications, although where I work that was mostly done to consolidate development and testing platforms.