Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Paravirtualization" in English language version.
A virtual computer is a logical representation of a computer in software. By decoupling the physical hardware from the operating system, virtualization provides more operational flexibility and increases the utilization rate of the underlying physical hardware.
The GPLPV driver is a driver for Microsoft Windows, which enables Windows DomU systems virtualised in Xen to access the network and block drivers of the Xen Dom0. This provides a significant performance and reliability gain over the standard devices emulated by Xen/Qemu/Kvm.
Finn explained that Standard covers 2 CPUs in a host, and goes from one VOSE (virtual operating system environment - 1 free Std install in a VM on that host) to two, and 'now has all the features and scalability of Datacenter.' He noted there will be a small price increase, but said he thought that wouldn't matter, as it 'should be virtualized anyway and the VOSE rights doubling will compensate. Windows Server Datacenter was a minimum of two 1-CPU licenses with unlimited VOSEs. 'Now it is a simpler SKU that covers two CPUs in a host with unlimited VOSEs,' Finn said.
