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QEMU vs XCP-ng

A side-by-side look at QEMU and XCP-ng. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

QEMU

QEMU

System & Hardware

QEMU is an open source machine emulator and virtualizer. It can emulate a complete computer system, including peripherals, and allow you to launch different operating systems without rebooting your physical machine.

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XCP-ng

XCP-ng

Network & Admin

XCP-ng is an open-source hypervisor platform based on Xen. It is a community-driven fork of Citrix XenServer aimed at providing a free, fully-featured virtualization solution.

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