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Labs Gallery: Fedora 11 Shows Significant Virtualization Gains

Labs Gallery: Fedora 11 Shows Significant Virtualization Gains
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Jason Brooks
Jason Brooks
Jun 15, 2009
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Labs Gallery: Fedora 11 Shows Significant Virtualization Gains

VM Creation

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Fedora 11 relies on Linux’s KVM (Kernel Virtual Machine) functionality for its virtualization-hosting capabilities.


VM Storage

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Fedora 11 has grown more adept at accessing and managing storage resources for virtualization.


VM Storage Cont.

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After configuring my storage pools, I could add volumes to install my VMs on.


Virt-Manager & Storage

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I noticed various feature improvements in Fedora’s virt-manager, such as the new knack for offering to delete associated storage files when deleting a VM.


Virtualization Viewer

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The VM console viewer application that comes with Fedora 11 boasts better pointer performance and resolution support.


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VM Isolation

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Fedora 11 taps its SELinux security framework to enforce isolation among running VMs, using the framework’s MCS (Multi Category System) policy.


Codec Fetching

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As is typical of free Linux OSes, my Fedora 11 system wouldn’t play MP3 files “out of the box.” The system did, however, offer to download the needed codec the first time I attempted to open an MP3.


ext4 File System

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Fedora 11 defaults to the ext4 file system, the successor to Linux’s standard ext3 system that promises to boost performance. I didn’t run any ext3 versus ext4 speed tests, however.


Pick an IDE

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Fedora 11 comes with NetBeans 6.5 (shown here), as well as Eclipse 3.4.2, MonoDevelop 2.0 and Eric Python IDE 4.3.3.


Screenshot Tool

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One of my favorite features in the GNOME 2.26 desktop environment that Fedora includes is the “grab a selected area” option in GNOME’s screenshot tool.


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