- Phoronix: Linux KVM Virtualization Performance
- Cek.log: Windows Home Server
- Online Media Daily: Bloggers give Spocko an Assist, Post Contested ABC Radio Files
- Ars Technica: Will Venice Project be Net Neutrality’s Calling Card?
More below the fold…
Phoronix: Linux KVM Virtualization Performance
The benchmarks we had used for comparing the performance was Gzip compression, LAME compilation, LAME encoding, and RAMspeed. The virtualization environments we had used were QEMU 0.8.2 with the kqemu accelerator module, Xen 3.0.3, and finally KVM. We had also compared these virtualized environments against running Fedora Core 6 Zod without any form of virtualization. During the Xen 3.0.3 testing, we had used full virtualization and not para-virtualization. The image size was set to 10GB during the testing process. The operating system used throughout the entire testing process was Fedora Core 6 Zod.
Kneel before Zod!
Cek.log: Windows Home Server
The photo you see in this post was taken today in the blogger’s lounge (with my Windows Mobile phone; hence the picture quality). This is a Windows Home Server Prototype that we built to explore innovative hardware design. I put my hand in the shot so you could get an idea of just how big (small) this particular device is. This prototype uses 2.5″ hard disks and thus has less storage expansion capability than the HP MediaSmart product will, but it was built to show another perspective of what a Windows Home Server could be.
Haven’t we all been doing this with our obsolete computers and Linux? More details at Engadget
Online Media Daily: Bloggers give Spocko an Assist, Post Contested ABC Radio Files
MEDIA CRITIC SPOCKO, WHOSE BLOG was shut down last week in response to Disney’s complaints that he violated its copyright by posting audio files from right-wing San Francisco talk radio station KSFO, is once again online.
Spocko’s site linked to disturbing audio clips which were, essentially, death-threats, from KSFO’s programming in a letter to its advertisers.
Ars Technica: Will Venice Project be Net Neutrality’s Calling Card?
Bandwidth usage, however, could prove to be a problem for the project. According to the project’s documentation seen by Ars Technica, watching an hour’s worth of TV consumes an average of 320MB downloaded and 105MB uploaded traffic, due to the service’s P2P architecture. US Government statistics suggest that Americans on average watch about 2.6 hours of TV a day, which in Venice Project terms would equate to 832MB downloaded and 273MB uploaded traffic. In a single month, that would tally to 25GB down, 8GB of uploaded traffic alone… For users with broadband caps, the Venice Project could easily consume a month’s worth of bandwidth in short order. Even users without caps could be affected if they “trip” unpublished limits on so-called “unlimited” services and get a call from Mr. Friendly ISP. Still, high bandwidth usage is nothing new; we all know someone (maybe even ourselves) pulling down this kind of data every month. What’s different about the Venice Project is that it could explode into The Next Big Thing™, turning more of us into “heavy users.”
This seems very similar to a project by the University of Texas ACTLab using similar technology to broadcast H.264 video.
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