How Mobile Are Your Hosted VMs?

Posted by khess on May 13, 2009 6:50 AM EDT
Linux Magazine; By Ken Hess
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As Cloud Computing hits the mainstream, people are wondering: How mobile are my VMs?

I’ve had several people over the past few months ask me “I know I own my hosted virtual machines but how can I move them from one provider to another?” The short answer is that you can but it isn’t easy. Virtual Machines (VMs), often nearing the 100GB mark in size, are too large for traditional media, too large for quick transport via Internet lines and can’t be disconnected and physically carried from one location to another.

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