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Cilium vs KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine)

A side-by-side look at Cilium and KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine). For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Cilium

Cilium

Network & Admin

Cilium is an open source software for providing and securing network connectivity between application services deployed using Linux container management platforms like Kubernetes. It uses eBPF/XDP for high performance container networking.

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KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine)

KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine)

System & Hardware

KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) is an open-source virtualization technology that allows you to create and run virtual machines (VMs) on Linux. It makes use of hardware virtualization capabilities of modern CPUs for efficient virtualization.

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