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SUSE Linux Gets Service Pack & Xen Driver Kit

Novell also came out with a Virtual Machine Driver Pack of paravirtualized network, bus and block device drivers
By Virtualization News
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June 24, 2007 03:45 PM EDT
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SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 has gotten its first service pack, which is supposed to goose its virtualization, HPC, security, Active Directory interoperability and system management capabilities.

The enhancements include quad-core support and a desktop virtualization preview.

Novell also came out with a Virtual Machine Driver Pack of paravirtualized network, bus and block device drivers so unmodified Windows and Linux guest operating systems can run at near-native performance in Xen virtual environments integrated with SUSE and Intel's Virtualization Technology or AMD's Virtualization hardware.

Novell says it's the first vendor to support Xen VM guests. It's got drivers for XP, Windows 2000 and Windows 2003 that are due out in July. Red Hat 4 and 5 drivers will follow later this summer.

A one-year subscription to the Driver Pack will cost $299 per physical server for up to four virtual machines or $699 for an unlimited number of virtual machines. SUSE drivers already ship as part of the distribution.

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SUSE News 06/24/07 02:36:45 PM EDT

Novell also came out with a Virtual Machine Driver Pack of paravirtualized network, bus and block device drivers so unmodified Windows and Linux guest operating systems can run at near-native performance in Xen virtual environments integrated with SUSE and Intel's Virtualization Technology or AMD's Virtualization hardware. Novell says it's the first vendor to support Xen VM guests. It's got drivers for XP, Windows 2000 and Windows 2003 that are due out in July. Red Hat 4 and 5 drivers will follow later this summer.