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Mastering KVM Virtualization: Explore cutting-edge Linux KVM virtualization techniques to build robust virtualization solutions

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Dive in to the cutting edge techniques of Linux KVM virtualization, and build the virtualization solutions your datacentre demands

Key Features

  • Become an expert in Linux virtualization
  • Migrate your virtualized datacenter to the cloud
  • Find out how to build a large scale virtualization solution that will transform your organization

Book Description

A robust datacenter is essential for any organization - but you don't want to waste resources. With KVM you can virtualize your datacenter, transforming a Linux operating system into a powerful hypervisor that allows you to manage multiple OS with minimal fuss.

This book doesn't just show you how to virtualize with KVM - it shows you how to do it well. Written to make you an expert on KVM, you'll learn to manage the three essential pillars of scalability, performance and security - as well as some useful integrations with cloud services such as OpenStack. From the fundamentals of setting up a standalone KVM virtualization platform, and the best tools to harness it effectively, including virt-manager, and kimchi-project, everything you do is built around making KVM work for you in the real-world, helping you to interact and customize it as you need it. With further guidance on performance optimization for Microsoft Windows and RHEL virtual machines, as well as proven strategies for backup and disaster recovery, you'll can be confident that your virtualized data center is working for your organization - not hampering it. Finally, the book will empower you to unlock the full potential of cloud through KVM. Migrating your physical machines to the cloud can be challenging, but once you've mastered KVM, it's a little easie.

What you will learn

  • Explore the ecosystem of tools that support Linux virtualization
  • Find out why KVM offers you a smarter way to unlock the potential of virtualization
  • Implement KVM virtualization using oVirt
  • Explore the KVM architecture - so you can manage, scale and optimize it with ease
  • Migrate your virtualized datacenter to the cloud for truly resource-efficient computing
  • Find out how to integrate OpenStack with KVM to take full control of the cloud
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    1784399051
  2. ISBN-13
    978-1784399054
  3. Publication date
    August 18, 2016
  4. Language
    English
  5. Dimensions
    9.25 x 7.52 x 0.97 inches
  6. Print length
    468 pages
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About the Author

Humble Devassy Chirammal works as a senior software engineer at Red Hat in the Storage Engineering team. He has more than 10 years of IT experience and his area of expertise is in knowing the full stack of an ecosystem and architecting the solutions based on the demand. These days, he primarily concentrates on GlusterFS and emerging technologies, such as IaaS, PaaS solutions in Cloud, and Containers. He has worked on intrusion detection systems, clusters, and virtualization. He is an Open Source advocate. He actively organizes meetups on Virtualization, CentOS, Openshift, and GlusterFS. His Twitter handle is @hchiramm and his website is http: //www.humblec.com/.

Product details

  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Packt Publishing (August 18, 2016)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 468 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1784399051
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1784399054
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.78 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 9.25 x 7.52 x 0.97 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.1 out of 5 stars 31

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J Vargas
5.0 out of 5 stars A must have if you are interested in KVM
Reviewed in the United States on April 1, 2019
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The author does an excellent job in puttying theory to practice. Very well balanced. This book is on my A list...A very thorough work..
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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent
Reviewed in the United States on January 4, 2019
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Excellent book!
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Jessica Simonin
2.0 out of 5 stars Good book only for entry level virtualization
Reviewed in the United States on December 21, 2018
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This book was good for an introduction. However, I found myself wanting more. The Red Hat Documentation on KVM was used to augment my studies after reading this book.
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fromCary
3.0 out of 5 stars Knowleadgeable author, terrible presentation
Reviewed in the United States on June 25, 2019
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The authors know their stuff, which is good. However, it is shocking that the "editor" could not be bothered to even run a spell-check on the book. A spell-check is the absolutely minimum before you commit a book to print. There is in the book a 20 in the middle of a wor20d <- like that!!! In addition, there are hundreds and hundreds of mistakes. In the command lines. Some are just silly and obvious, but others are headscratchers, and not so understandable. The writing style is very informal, which distracts the reader from the content. The last point of disappointment is that there is no big picture in many of the topics covered: why to do something a certain way, and what are the trade-offs between different technologies.
6 people found this helpful
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Prasad Krishnan
5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent book on virtualization
Reviewed in the United States on March 19, 2018
An excellent book on virtualization, I havent found any book which detail the internals and details of virtualization technology. A simple book to read, packed with practical trading knowledge you can use. You will learn a lot on KVM, Qemu, Libvirt..etc from this book. I recommend this book for everyone who use virtualization or want to learn about virtualization.
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Jivan Nisargam
5.0 out of 5 stars 5 stars
Reviewed in the United States on March 10, 2017
I read the whole book and found so much information on topics like KVM internal, Software Defined Networking, Ovirt, Openstack, Performance issues, V2V/P2V. I have never found a single book which covers all topics related to KVM. This book deserves more then 5 stars.
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Stefano
5.0 out of 5 stars Simply a must-have
Reviewed in the United States on May 5, 2017
This is a must-have for those interested in open source virtualization. It's well written with easy examples and comprehensive architectures. Moreover, Humble Chirammal is one of the most skilled KVM, Kubernetes and Gluster hacker around. Simply the best KVM book I have read so far.
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Rhman15023
2.0 out of 5 stars OK - Not great.
Reviewed in the United States on January 5, 2017
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I was hoping for something more. Something that might provide some additional insight into how to master KVM. But this is just a basic KVM on Fedora Linux setup walkthrough.
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de Burlet Mme C.
4.0 out of 5 stars Les différentes façons d'envissager la virtualition sont très bien expliquées
Reviewed in France on July 22, 2019
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Je souhaitais installer KVM-Qemu sur Debian Stretch pour remplacer VirtualBox .
Quelques questions sur la partie USB 1,2 ou 3 me restent à résoudre ; ce livre fera partie de ma bibliothèque perso à côté de running Xen et Xen virtualization.
Linux nous donnera toujours plus de corde qu'il n'en faut pour nous pendre :+)
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Pablo
5.0 out of 5 stars A lot of information
Reviewed in Spain on September 22, 2017
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I knew what virtualization was, but had no idea how many things you can do for storing your VMs, connecting using a virtual switch or managing them. With this book I think I have not only a good visión of all that (without having to collect them from here there on the internet), but also new skills to handle my VMs because the book is quite practical.Instructions in book are common to all Linux plattforms, so no worry whatever distribución you use. In few words, good book for those already efficient in Linux that would like to quickly learn about KVM.
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Joao Rodrigues
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 23, 2017
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This book is a very valuable resource! It takes you from the inner works of Linux KVM, what happens under the hood, explores the different types of hypervisors, and sets out to explain how and why Linux is a very solid choice for the datacentre virtualization layer. It takes the reader from the most basic level, and builds up the knowledge to explore more advanced features such as SDN, OpenStack, as well as operational topics such as VM Lifecycle management. Everything is very clearly explained and nicely structured! Five stars! :-)
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Rosmadela
5.0 out of 5 stars Deep and clear knowledge.
Reviewed in Spain on November 5, 2019
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Great book for me to get into KVM having experience with Xen virtualization. I ended this book with clear concepts for getting myself started with KVM. Lots of reference and initial steps to further useful tools related to KVM based solutions.
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D Caughey
5.0 out of 5 stars Very good
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 5, 2017
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The best KVM book out there to get a really good foundation and pretty good knowledge. Pretty well written but would have liked more in depth examples. Chap1 is far too long and is pointed directly at developers.
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