Bill Gates 在不久前刚刚举行的 WinHEC 06 大会上,专题讲解了Windows 虚拟化技术。
主要内容包括:
-32-bit and 64-bit virtual machines
- Windows Server 2003, RedHat Linux, Longhorn server
- 1, 2 and 4 processor virtual machines
- Hot adding network cards and memory to virtual machines
并且展望了,即将支持的 hot add of storage and 8 processor virtual machines 技术。
- Bill Gates' keynote (with Windows virtualization demo)
- Bob Muglia's keynote (with System Center Virtual Machine Manager demo)
在这段Keynote里,我们也可以了解到关于 System Center Virtual Machine Manager (codenamed 'Carmine')的最新信息. 它具有如下非常cool 的特性。
- Physical to virtual conversion of server workloads
- Creation of new virtual machines from a template library
- Intelligent placement of virtual machines in a server farm
- The 'Self Service portal'