KVM Hypervisor

[Christopher A. Williams]

On Mon, 2008-07-21 at 17:00 -0400, Alex Katebi wrote:
> On Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 9:37 AM, Christopher A. Williams
> <chriswfedora at cawllc.com> wrote:
>         
>         On Sun, 2008-07-20 at 08:15 -0400, Alex Katebi wrote:
>         > Hi All,
>         >
>         >   I can not find laptop or desktop hardware that supports
>         KVM
>         > Virtualization (Intel-VT or AMD-V).
>         > I like Dell laptops but there is no information regarding
>         hardware
>         > assisted virtualization (Hypervisor).
>         > Can I get some recommendation?
>         
>         
>         Actually this isn't as hard as it sounds if you're looking to
>         buy a
>         *new* laptop. Pretty much anything out there today supports
>         Intel VT /
>         AMD-V now. The main thing you'll need to make sure of is that
>         you have
>         enabled this in the BIOS. There are quite a few systems that
>         still ship
>         with this feature disabled for some reason.
> 
> Hi Chris,
> 
>    Actually I prefer to buy a used Dell Latitude D630 or maybe an XPS
> M1530 from Ebay.  Dual Core 2.0 or better. Is the CPU VT and BIOS
> supports the VT for these models? 

Someone already answered this, but yes, most all dual-core Intel
processors should be OK. The challenge is going to be making sure you
have VT enabled in BIOS. That can be an interesting mystery to solve
with Dell systems.

Cheers,

Chris


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