Quoting from SCI-TECH TODAY

Linux specialist Red Hat on Tuesday provided details of plans to integrate virtualization capabilities in its operating-system software, particularly the Red Hat Enterprise Linux platform, in an effort to help customers get more performance out of their servers.

Set for debut later this year, the next major release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux, version 5, will feature server virtualization capabilities that are based on the open-source Xen virtualization engine.

Virtualization is attractive to corporate customers in that it allows them to run multiple operating systems simultaneously on a single hardware platform, which, in theory, can help reduce operational costs.

Red Hat estimates that servers typically operate at between 15 and 25 percent of total CPU capacity. But with virtualization technology, that could rise to 80 percent.

The Xen virtualization technology is similar to VMware's software and Microsoft's Virtual Server, both of which can create an environment in which software systems operate at a more abstracted level from the hardware layer.

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