[CentOS] XEN or KVM - performance/stability/security?

Tue Apr 24 01:08:55 UTC 2012
John R Pierce <pierce at hogranch.com>

On 04/23/12 5:12 PM, Dennis Jacobfeuerborn wrote:
> The PVM/HVM distinction isn't really that relevant any more on modern
> hardware and modern hypervisors since most of the overhead is eliminated
> with hardware features (Nested Page Tables, etc.) and special guest drivers.

"special guest drivers" is pretty much what paravirtualization is about.



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