The Definitive Guide to the Xen Hypervisor

by David Chisnall

HardCover. Pub Date :2013-06-30 320 English Prentice Hall The Xen hypervisor has become an incredibly strategic resource for the industry. as the focal point of innovation in cross-platform virtualization technology David's book will. play a key role in helping the Xen community and ecosystem to grow. Simon Crosby. CTO. XenSource.An Under-the-Hood Guide to the Power of Xen Hypervisor Internals.The Definitive Guide to the Xen Hypervisor is a comprehensive handbook on the inner workings of XenSource's powerful open source paravirtualization solution. From architecture to kernel internals. author David Chisnall exposes key code components and shows you how the technology works. providing the essential information you need to fully harness and exploit the Xen hypervisor to develop cost-effective . highperformance Linux and Windows virtual environments...

Genres: Nonfiction

286 pages, Hardcover

First published November 1, 2007

Reviews

[Vasil Kolev · Rating 4 out of 5]

Found this while looking for a good book on virtualization internals. It's a bit dated and limited to what Xen does, so I'll have to look for something newer, but it's a very good introduction to the actual workings and issues of virtualization. It also has a good amount of code to show how things are done.

[Eric Windisch · Rating 5 out of 5]

A book with what I imagine must be a very limited audience. This is not particularly geared towards systems administrators supporting Xen, but geared instead for operating systems developers, Xen developers, and those seeking to use low-level Xen APIs. Regardless, this can be an essential guide for anyone, even systems administrators (with software development experience), looking to understand how Xen ticks.

[Jeff · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good reference, but a bit dry.

[T.D. Smith · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a helpful reference to the inner workings of the Xen Hypervisor. It is easy to read and highly relevant for any software developer working with Xen.