What Linux virtualization offers you in the cloud
Over the years, Linux has become the first choice for developing cloud-based solutions. Many successful public cloud providers use Linux virtualization to power their underlying infrastructure. For example, Amazon, the largest IaaS cloud provider uses Xen virtualization to power their EC2 offering and similarly it's KVM that powers Digital Ocean. Digital Ocean is the third largest cloud provider in the world. Linux virtualizations are also dominating the private cloud arena.
The following is a list of open source cloud software that uses Linux virtualization for building IaaS software:
- Openstack: A fully open source cloud operating system, this consists of several open source sub-projects that provide ...
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