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Sun Microsystems has begun an early access program for its xVM Server hypervisor, a key component of its nascent virtualization product line, and intends to make a publicly downloadable version available within about a month, according to a blog post Thursday by Steve Wilson, vice president of xVM at Sun.

Hypervisors allow users to run multiple operating systems on a single machine, providing benefits such as server consolidation. xVM Server supports Sun and non-Sun x86-x64 hardware, along with the Windows, Linux and Solaris OSes. It represents the fourth and final of the initial products in Sun’s virtualization suite, joining the already released VirtualBox, used for lightweight desktop virtualization; VDI, for managing large pools of virtual desktops; and xVM Ops Center, a data-center management console for both virtual and physical environments.

It’s exiting to see the reception to Sun’s virtualization platform xVM, the more choice and innovation in the virtualization world, the more end users can find the right solution for them.

There is no reason why you can’t have more than one hypervisor, you might choose one for one specific role/platform or environment, the other for a different set of requirements. Remember to try the different hypervisors and see which one works for you and your requirements.

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