I have used KVM in production, testing, and development environments. Additionally, I have configured it in both normal and high-availability environments.
DevOps Engineer at a computer software company with 201-500 employees
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2024-03-04T12:26:00Z
Mar 4, 2024
We use KVM for virtualization needs across various clients, allowing us to run different operating systems and machine types, including Windows and Linux. It serves as a flexible solution for creating and managing virtual environments tailored to each client's requirements.
The use cases for KVM depend on the customer's needs, and I deliver different customer services. For example, if a customer wants a virtual machine for a certain purpose, I give them a finished solution.
My clients use KVM for various purposes, for working in industries like finance, healthcare, hospitals, manufacturing (including fire-related operations), and more. They are in the process of deploying this system.
The solution is used as an additional solution for small and medium enterprises in many configurations from just a stand-alone server with some VM's to a few nodes' clustered virtualization service with hundreds of VMs. Currently, In KVM I have one server for ten to fifteen machines and a three-node cluster with all the features and capabilities.
Co-Owner at a manufacturing company with 51-200 employees
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2023-03-09T22:04:04Z
Mar 9, 2023
We use KVM virtualization on which Red Hat works very actively. We run Windows servers from it and some of our other machines as well. We also use it as a container in the way others may use Docker.
Our primary use cases are for regular hosting and traditional hosting VPSs. We are a provider of VPSs on the market. And the second use case, cloud offer, is also based on KVM.
We're a system integrator company, and we implement solutions in these categories based on the requirements and related solutions. Sometimes our logic and security concerns are feature-oriented. Due to that reason, we're working on a case-to-case basis, and we use KVM for some clients.
We are using KVM on-premises with Ubuntu 20.04 for the primary purpose of reducing operating expenses (OpEx) and to make maintenance and security easier for us. Of note, with this kind of virtualization technology, you can very easily create backups and restore data in case of disaster. The services that we have running on our virtualized KVM environment are currently being used by everyone at the company, numbering in the range of thousands of end-users. We also make use of Proxmox VE and, less often, VMware.
It is useful for everything for which you would use VirtualBox. It is the kernel virtualization model in Linux. I am using the 5.10 kernel. It comes with the Linux operating system.
I've used it a little bit for virtualization. I've been messing with it for the past month and a half, in an actual environment that goes to the outside world, anyway. I have a cloud server running. I also have a web server. I'm using it mostly for hosting websites and basically having a cloud service, such as OneDrive or Google Drive.
We are an integrator and this is one of the solutions that we implement for our clients. I have more than twenty years of experience working with these kinds of technologies. We are using this solution for virtualization on IBM servers.
Solution Architect, IT Consultant at Merdasco - Rayan Merdas Data Prosseccing
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2019-10-21T17:16:00Z
Oct 21, 2019
We are a consulting company and I work with a lot of solutions to compare them and find out which ones are good for my customers. The primary use case for this solution is virtualization. I use this solution in on-premises data centers.
I am using this solution in my home lab because I don't know this solution well enough to put it into production. I have many clients, and by putting KVM into production it would require several changes, which would require more experience. In the meantime, I will continue to use VMware and ESXi. I use both on-premises and cloud-based deployment models. I typically use this solution on the cloud because I have many dedicated servers. However, I also use it on low-powered hardware machines, like old laptops, to create a firewall, access the router, or use as an access point.
Principal Engineer at a financial services firm with 1,001-5,000 employees
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2019-10-10T09:25:00Z
Oct 10, 2019
We are no longer using this solution. We evaluated it, but I have not used it in a production environment. This solution is used for virtualization. We have an on-premises deployment.
System Architect at a aerospace/defense firm with 10,001+ employees
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2018-10-08T17:34:00Z
Oct 8, 2018
The main use case is, of course, to run virtual machines. The specific use case is to run virtual network functions (VNFs) and the performance is very good on KVM.
KVM stands for Kernel-based Virtual Machine, which is an open-source virtualization technology that is embedded in Linux. KVM allows users to seamlessly transform their Linux system into a hypervisor that, in turn, will enable a host machine to run numerous, isolated virtual environments or virtual machines (VMs).
KVM is part of Linux. Users with Linux 2.6.20 or newer already have KVM. As KVM is already a component of the current Linux code, it automatically improves with every new Linux...
We moved from VMware to KVM and now use KVM for server virtualization.
I have used KVM in production, testing, and development environments. Additionally, I have configured it in both normal and high-availability environments.
We use KVM for virtualization needs across various clients, allowing us to run different operating systems and machine types, including Windows and Linux. It serves as a flexible solution for creating and managing virtual environments tailored to each client's requirements.
We use KVM for virtualization.
The use cases for KVM depend on the customer's needs, and I deliver different customer services. For example, if a customer wants a virtual machine for a certain purpose, I give them a finished solution.
My clients use KVM for various purposes, for working in industries like finance, healthcare, hospitals, manufacturing (including fire-related operations), and more. They are in the process of deploying this system.
The solution is used as an additional solution for small and medium enterprises in many configurations from just a stand-alone server with some VM's to a few nodes' clustered virtualization service with hundreds of VMs. Currently, In KVM I have one server for ten to fifteen machines and a three-node cluster with all the features and capabilities.
I use KVM for my data center, test environment, architecture, and integration environment.
We use KVM virtualization on which Red Hat works very actively. We run Windows servers from it and some of our other machines as well. We also use it as a container in the way others may use Docker.
We deploy KVM in our lab. Our use case is container deployment in a virtual machine, where we create communities. We work with containers through KVM.
Our primary use cases are for regular hosting and traditional hosting VPSs. We are a provider of VPSs on the market. And the second use case, cloud offer, is also based on KVM.
We're a system integrator company, and we implement solutions in these categories based on the requirements and related solutions. Sometimes our logic and security concerns are feature-oriented. Due to that reason, we're working on a case-to-case basis, and we use KVM for some clients.
We are using KVM on-premises with Ubuntu 20.04 for the primary purpose of reducing operating expenses (OpEx) and to make maintenance and security easier for us. Of note, with this kind of virtualization technology, you can very easily create backups and restore data in case of disaster. The services that we have running on our virtualized KVM environment are currently being used by everyone at the company, numbering in the range of thousands of end-users. We also make use of Proxmox VE and, less often, VMware.
We are using KVM across our company for virtualization.
We integrate KVM as part of our product. I'm the CTO of our company.
I'm a technical solution manager and we are customers of KVM.
I'm a senior Linux system administrator and we are customers of KVM.
It is useful for everything for which you would use VirtualBox. It is the kernel virtualization model in Linux. I am using the 5.10 kernel. It comes with the Linux operating system.
I've used it a little bit for virtualization. I've been messing with it for the past month and a half, in an actual environment that goes to the outside world, anyway. I have a cloud server running. I also have a web server. I'm using it mostly for hosting websites and basically having a cloud service, such as OneDrive or Google Drive.
We are an integrator and this is one of the solutions that we implement for our clients. I have more than twenty years of experience working with these kinds of technologies. We are using this solution for virtualization on IBM servers.
We are a consulting company and I work with a lot of solutions to compare them and find out which ones are good for my customers. The primary use case for this solution is virtualization. I use this solution in on-premises data centers.
I am using this solution in my home lab because I don't know this solution well enough to put it into production. I have many clients, and by putting KVM into production it would require several changes, which would require more experience. In the meantime, I will continue to use VMware and ESXi. I use both on-premises and cloud-based deployment models. I typically use this solution on the cloud because I have many dedicated servers. However, I also use it on low-powered hardware machines, like old laptops, to create a firewall, access the router, or use as an access point.
We primarily use it to write the payroll solution fort Windows Server 2012 and 2018.
We are no longer using this solution. We evaluated it, but I have not used it in a production environment. This solution is used for virtualization. We have an on-premises deployment.
Running virtualization clusters with more than 300 VMs.
Our primary use for this product is server virtualization.
My primary use case for KVM is running multiple VMs and containers on the one node.
The main use case is, of course, to run virtual machines. The specific use case is to run virtual network functions (VNFs) and the performance is very good on KVM.