[OpenIndiana-discuss] What advantages of KVM over Vbox

[Francois Dion]

No VT support if it is this celeron:

http://ark.intel.com/products/27123/Intel-Celeron-D-Processor-345-(256K-Cache-3_06-GHz-533-MHz-FSB)

You can search this intel site to figure the functionality of an intel CPU. Btw, not only does the CPU needs VT support, but you must be able to enable it in bios. Many laptops have VT capable CPUs but no choice in bios to enable.

For a desktop, virtualbox is better suited.

On Dec 5, 2011, at 18:41, Harry Putnam <reader at newsguy.com> wrote:

> Alan Coopersmith <alan.coopersmith at oracle.com> writes:
> 
>> On 12/05/11 13:39, Harry Putnam wrote:
>>> I hit things like (on KVM homepage under `Prerequisites'):
>>> 
>>>   A VT capable Intel processor, or an SVM capable AMD processor [...]
>>> 
>>> But no mention of what VT or SVM means.
>> 
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86_virtualization
> 
> Thanks for the URL, but man.. I'd recommend that page for anyone who
> wants to be absolutely confused, spun in circles on edge and run at
> warp speed on an upside down tilt-a-whirl..backwards.
> 
> Serious information overload and all of it a good bit over my head.
> 
> I did find the meanings referenced though.  Thanks for that.
> 
> I didn't come away knowing how to tell if my hardware has any kind of
> virtualization stuff either.. other than a mention that svm could be
> grepped for in linux at /proc/cpuinfo, but only applies to AMD I
> think.
> 
> I'm running an older P4 wannabe Celeron 3.06 Ghz, 2gb ram.  Still no
> idea of it has any virtualization tools.
> 
> But I am upgrading... in the sweet bye and bye.
> 
> So is KVM a lot faster, or better utilizes resources or what .. over Vbox?
> 
> 
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