Clarkson University Virtualization Center
Since 2003, members of the Clarkson Open Source Institute and the Applied Computer Science Labs at Clarkson University have been heavily involved in virtualization. Here exists a compilation of resources and projects relating to virtualization that Clarkson University students and faculty are involved with.
Learning Resources
Tutorials (Free)
Books
- Running Xen: A Hands-On Guide to the Art of Virtualization (installing and using Xen)
- The Definitive Guide to the Xen Hypervisor (developing with Xen)
Virtualization Work at Clarkson
Projects
Current Projects
Past Projects
Research
Publications
Presentations
- T. Deshane and P. Wilbur. The OSCKAR Virtualization Security Policy Enforcement Framework. USENIX Security Symposium 2009. Le Centre Sheraton. Montreal, QC. August 14, 2009.
- T. Deshane and P. Wilbur. Virtualization and Security Birds-of-a-Feather (BoF) Session. USENIX Security Symposium 2009. Le Centre Sheraton. Montreal, QC. August 13, 2009.
Flavors of Virtualization
- Parallels Workstation, Desktop, Server (Mac)
- Sun xVM (based on Xen)
- Microsoft Hyper-V
- Microsoft Hyper-V Server
- Microsoft Virtual Server
- KVM (Linux Kernel Virtual Machine) (runs on top of Linux, supports unmodified x86 operating systems of any type)
- VirtualBox (Sun Microsystems, runs on Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, and Solaris)
- VMware Workstation, Fusion, Server, ESX Server
- Xen (Citrix Systems, runs on base x86 hardware, supports paravirtualization and full virtualization, and can support any x86 operating system running beneath it)