SUSE Linux Enterprise Virtual Machine Driver Pack
Run Fully Virtualized Workloads with Near Native Performance
Increase flexibility and choice. Prolong your IT investments. Run your legacy Windows and Linux applications in virtual servers with near native performance. Run them on newer, more powerful, energy efficient hardware, using Xen drivers for Windows and Linux. The SUSE Linux Enterprise Virtual Machine Driver Pack.
Features & Benefits
- Improved Performance
- Consolidate your Windows applications, as well as other legacy services with confidence. Run them unmodified with near native performance on fully virtualized servers using the Xen hypervisor technology integrated in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1, and the paravirtualized drivers in the SUSE Linux Enterprise Virtual Machine Driver Pack.
- Investment Protection
- Extend the useful life of your legacy and custom applications that are only supported on older operating systems. Run these workloads on newer, more powerful, energy-efficient hardware, and save money in the long run.
- More Choice
- Virtualize a much wider range of Windows and Linux services, increasing flexibility and expanding your options.
- Enterprise Support
- Enjoy full enterprise support from Novell. In addition to maintenance and updates, get enterprise quality technical support that inherits the support terms and conditions of your underlying SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1 host operating system.
- Comprehensive Assortment
- Contains 32-bit and 64-bit paravirtualized network, bus and block drivers for the following platforms:
- Windows Server 2003 on Xen
- Windows 2000 on Xen
- Windows XP on Xen
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 on Xen
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 on Xen
Success & Awards
- Cardium deployed SUSE Linux Enterprise Server on IBM System x and custom-built hardware, and reduced its total number of servers from 25 to just eight by taking advantage of Xen virtualization. Both internal and hosted systems benefit from improved performance and reliability.
- The low overhead of Xen paravirtualisation delivers excellent performance, enabling the GBA team within ICTU to actively use up to 95 percent of its available computing power.
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News & Events
- 01 Novell Announces SUSE Appliance Program
- 02 Casio Cuts Costs with Xen Virtualization from Novell
- 03 Novell Supports Xen Virtualization at BMW Group
- 04 Sumitomo Electric Industries chooses Novell for Xen virtualization
- 05 SUSE Linux Enterprise Server with Xen virtualization available for SAP NetWeaver and mySAP Business Suite
- 06 Data Center Optimization Web seminar series