Tag: virtual machine

How to Interpret CPU Load on Linux

Monitoring, anticipating, and reacting to server load is a full time job in some organizations. Unexpected spikes in resource usage can indicate a software or hardware problem. Gradual increases over time can help you predict hardware growth requirements. Under utilization can show you opportunities to use hardware more efficiently. CPU load is one of the…

The Battle Over Virtual Machine Software

Although some believe that virtual machine software, the hypervisor, has become a commodity and is no longer interesting, many suppliers are battling to be the dominant supplier of this technology. They hope to bring customers into their ecosystem and hold them there. Does the hypervisor matter any more? Read more at Enterprise Open Source Toolkit…