Once upon a time, KC8LDO <kc8ldo(a)arrl.net> said:
Who seems to have the edge in hardware virtualization Intel or AMD?
I've
heard comments both ways with one IT person suggesting that AMD was the way
to go.
As far as functionality, I believe they are pretty much equivalent.
If you are buying a desktop and want virtualization, then (the last time
I looked), almost all (if not all) AMD CPUs have hw-virt extensions,
while Intel seems to reserve it for the higher-end (read: more
expensive) CPUs.
Also are there extra "features" supported under the various
open source
virtualization systems, KVM and Xen, under one manufacture but not the
other of any real significance?
KVM is essentially a driver for the hw-virt CPU extensions, so of course
it supports them. :-) Xen also supports hw-virt I believe.
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Chris Adams <cmadams(a)hiwaay.net>
Systems and Network Administrator - HiWAAY Internet Services
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