Chapter 1. Understanding Linux Virtualization

This chapter provides the reader with an insight into the prevailing technologies in Linux virtualization and their advantage over others. There are a total of 14 chapters in this book, which are lined up to cover all the important aspects of KVM virtualization, starting from KVM internals and advanced topics such as software defined networking, performance tuning, and optimization, to physical to virtual migration.

In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:

• Linux virtualization and its basic concepts
• Why you should use Linux virtualization
• Hypervisor/VMM
• What Linux virtualization offers you in the cloud
• Public and private clouds

Tip

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