Benchmarking Virtualization Speed
Poster: Aron Schatz
Posted on November 10, 2006 at 2:50:14 PM
Those benchmarking nuts at SPEC are trying to figure out which platform is the fastest. Virtualization still needs better support. I tried installing VMware ESX and it was a nightmare.
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The Standard Performance Evaluation Corp. (SPEC) has launched a subgroup to come up with a benchmark to see how well computers handle a variety of tasks running on a virtualization foundation. Virtualization lets a single computer run separate operating systems in different compartments called virtual machines. "SPEC has picked up virtualization as a new subgroup. They will drive industry toward a standard way of making this kind of virtualization comparison," said Stephen Herrod, vice president of technology development at VMware, speaking during a presentation at the company's VMworld conference here.