Virtualization Shootout: VMware Server vs. VirutalBox vs. KVM

November 1st, 2009 by Bill Childers in

A comparison of three virtualization solutions: VMware Server, VirtualBox and KVM—each has its strengths and weaknesses.
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João Ramos's picture

Good article

On October 27th, 2009 João Ramos (not verified) says:

Hello

This is a good article, but in the world of "free" virtualization, you are missing Xen and QEMU/KQEMU as they can be used for desktop class Linux machines also.

Just a small note... correct your title ;)

Regards
JR

creylopez's picture

Virtualization

On October 14th, 2009 creylopez says:

Good article but IMHO VirtualBox should be below the others specially VMware as the extra points that make it win are not free of cost.

I missed other virtualization solutions as OpenVZ and the promising Proxmox platform that, by the way, uses also KVM.

Regards

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