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Mandriva Shoots But Doesn't Score

Mandriva Shoots But Doesn't Score

Postby rippinchikkin » Tue Oct 10, 2006 10:02 pm

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By Jason Brooks
October 9, 2006

With its Corporate Server 4, Mandriva is challenging the Linux data center operating systems from Red Hat and Novell by offering broader support for virtualization technologies. It's a solid-sounding plan, but eWeek Labs' tests of CS 4 show that it's longer on ambition than execution.

Mandriva's CS 4 is unique in its support for three different virtualization frameworks: Xen, OpenVZ and VMware. However, CS 4 not only fails to advance the state of these frameworks on Linux, but, where Xen is concerned, CS 4 falls short of the implementations now offered from Novell and Red Hat.

The Linux operating system offerings from Mandriva (the company formerly known as Mandrakesoft) have historically been recognized for their newbie-friendliness and their knack for giving users
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