HPL-2008-39 Bridging the Gap between Software and Hardware Techniques for I/O Virtualization - Santos, Jose Renato; Turner, Yoshio; Janakiraman, G.; Pratt, Ian
Keyword(s): Virtualization, Networking, Operating System, I/O, Performance Analysis, Xen
Abstract: The paravirtualized I/O driver domain model, used in Xen, provides several advantages including device driver isolation in a safe execution environment, support for guest VM transparent services including live migration, and hardware independence for guests. However, these advantages currently come ...
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