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Exploring Virtual Machine Live Migration: Performance Analysis and Optimization

Live Migration

Live Migration is a crucial feature in virtualization technology that allows the transfer of a running virtual machine (VM) from one physical host to another without interrupting the VM's operation or services.

The architecture we want to simulate:

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Our Homework Architecture:

Since not everyone will have 2 PCs available to run QEMU on them, we provided an alternative option:
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  • Note: VirtualBox now has native Apple Silicon support on Apple hardware with M-Series chips, but we haven't yet tested the nested virtualization feature, so this homework may not work out on your hardware by default.
  • If you still want to test that out, feel free to ask us through the discussion/email on eeclass.
  • Or you can use the PC room in C.L.Liu(EECS) 3F, we already have VirtualBox installed in there.