Virtuozzo 6 Overview

Virtuozzo 6 is a bare-metal high-security, high-performance server virtualization solution that combines containers, Virtuozzo hypervisor-based virtual machines, and storage to give service providers a single, cost-effective platform for delivering high-availability cloud services to their customers. It is ideal for service providers who want to modernize their infrastructure in order to capitalize on emerging container-dependent technologies that will help them build new offerings for businesses and cloud application developers.
 

Requirements for Standalone Installations

The hardware and software requirements for running Virtuozzo 6 as a standalone installation are as follows:

• Platform: x86 or x86-64 platform with Intel VT-x or AMD-V hardware virtualization support.
• CPU: 1.5 GHz or faster (a 64-bit processor is required for launching 64-bit guest operating systems).
• Memory: 2 GB of RAM (4 GB or more recommended).
• Hard disk:
  • root (/): 10-12 GB.
  • /vz: 30 GB or more (usually all the remaining free disk space), must be formatted to ext4.
  • swap: based on RAM, as per table below:

• Network: 1 or more Ethernet cards (1 Gbps or faster).
• Other hardware: DVD-ROM drive.
• Operating system: None. Virtuozzo 6 is installed directly on the server hardware.

Download Section

Download Virtuozzo 6

Installation files:
 Virtuozzo Full Installation DVD (1.7G)
(Version: PCS 6.0 Update 12, Released March 26, 2018)
MD5: aa2ff09d7393920e9b8a82bd345ae9f3

 Virtuozzo Network Installation CD (185M)
(Version: PCS 6.0 Update 12, Released March 26, 2018)
MD5: 69f066d5169161f41e918fb69ff1fabc

Software Development Kit (SDK)

 Virtualization SDK for Windows – Software Development Kit (SDK) to assist in connecting third party provisioning and management solutions through our rich API layer.

 Virtualization SDK for Linux – Software Development Kit (SDK) to assist in connecting third party provisioning and management solutions through our rich API layer.

Documentation

Virtuozzo 6.0.12

• Readme (PDF)
• Getting Started Guide (PDF)
• Installation Guide (PDF)
• Installation Using PXE (PDF)
• User's Guide (PDF)
• Upgrade Guide (PDF)
• Templates Management Guide (PDF)
• Command Line Reference (PDF)
• Storage Administrator's Guide (PDF)
• Storage I/O Benchmarking Guide (PDF)
• Virtualization SDK Programmer's Guide (PDF)
• C API Reference (PDF)
• Python API Reference (PDF)

All product documentation
 

Product Knowledge Base Articles

• Virtuozzo 6.0 Readme
• Backup in Virtuozzo containers, Virtuozzo hypervisor and Virtuozzo
• CPU and Memory hotplug support by PCS 6
• [HUB] ALL ABOUT Container-in-an-image-file or PLOOP
• Netfilter Mode and netfilter (iptables) modules

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