OVirt
oVirt is a free, open-source virtualization solution designed to manage entire enterprise infrastructures, featuring a rich web-based interface and supporting a variety of storage options.
Services
OVirt provides a free open-source virtualization solution that caters to entire enterprise infrastructures. The platform integrates management of hosts, storage, and network configuration into a centralized system. Users can take advantage of the system's rich web-based user interfaces, which cater to both admin and non-admin users.
Technologies Used
OVirt is built upon several prominent community projects, including the KVM hypervisor, libvirt, Gluster, PatternFly, and Ansible. These technologies help OVirt deliver a robust and scalable virtualization solution, enabling users to manage their infrastructure efficiently.
Key Features
OVirt offers several key features such as support for live migration of virtual machines and disks between hosts and storage, and high availability of virtual machines in the event of host failure. The platform also supports various storage options including NFS, GlusterFS exports, iSCSI, local storage, FCP, and pNFS.
Supported Architectures
OVirt version 4.5.5 is available for download and supports experimental builds for PPC64LE and AARCH64 architectures. This allows it to cater to a wide range of hardware configurations, making it a versatile solution for different enterprise needs.
Centralized Storage System
OVirt provides a centralized storage system for virtual machine disk images, ISO files, and snapshots. This feature streamlines the management and organization of storage resources, ensuring that all data is easily accessible and manageable within the OVirt platform.