Srovnání virtualizačních technologií

Abstract

This diploma thesis deals with comparison of server virtualization platforms and platforms for operating systems Linux and Windows. The main goal of this thesis is comparison of chosen technologies in terms of performance, configuration options, administration or from creation of virtual machines and networks. The teoretical part aim is to inform the reader about virtualization techniques and about virtualization in general. Next this part contains a description of chosen server virtualization technologies such as VMware ESXi, Citrix Hypervisor, Microsoft Hyper-V, KVM and LXD. In the practical part is described process of installation, creation of virtual machine, network capabilities and configuration itself. Testing contain detailed methodology, choice of benchmarks and tests itself. After thorough testing of server virtualization technologies, the practical part continues with virtualization platforms for operating systems Linux and Windows, namely VMware Workstation Player, Oracle VM VirtualBox and KVM. It contains a brief description, features, configuration, methodology and tests itself, but in smaller manner. At the end, i deal with subjective comparison of tools used for managing virtual machines and host.