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Re: [Xen-users] I want to know if.....

To: Venefax <venefax@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-users] I want to know if.....
From: Mauro <mrsanna1@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2009 00:40:18 +0100
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2009/2/27 Venefax <venefax@xxxxxxxxx>:
> It is not true at all. KVM and Xen are fundamentally different and address
> different problems. Xen allows for fast para-virtualization of Linux Domus,
> while KVM only fully-virtualizes. Nobody in his right mind would use KVM for
> a linux DOMu, because it would lose 75% of its performance, compared to
> para-virtualization. So KVM is for windows on Xen, but it will never replace
> Xen in the datacenter.
> Federico

Sorry for my ignorance but...can you explain?
I think pure virtualization gains more in performances vs para virtualization.

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