virtualization Xen

Though the concept of virtualization is far from new, recent
requirements such as the need to maximize hardware utilization,
decrease hardware costs, reduce power consumption and simplify system
management and security have led to a significant increase in both the
deployment of virtualization and the number of available
virtualization solutions. In fact virtualization solutions are now
available to meet the needs of the global enterprise all the way down
to the home user.

This book is about one such virtualization solution known as Xen. Xen
is a feature rich, open source, hypervisor-based virtualization
solution which, in spite if its relatively recent origins, has gained
both wide acceptance and an enviable reputation throughout the IT
industry.

The objective of this book is to provide the reader with an
understanding of the basic approaches to virtualization together with
detailed information on deploying virtualization using Xen technology.
Whilst many books tend to focus on the theory of virtualization, this
book emphasizes the practical aspects of working with Xen, including
detailed step by step tutorials designed to show exactly how to create
and manage Xen based guest domains.