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{{Press release|OpenVZ Project Pushes Technology Boundaries<br/>Combines Different Types of Open Source Virtualization}}
'''HERNDON, Va., November 28, 2007''' -- The OpenVZ project shows what is possible using its open source virtualization software in combination with virtual machine open source Xen software — effectively creating many virtual servers to improve utilization of the physical server.
== About the OpenVZ Project ==
With the power of today's processors, hardware is often under utilized. With virtualization technology, the server can effectively be split into many small ones, each running its tasks so that the whole server is utilized more efficiently.
OpenVZ software can be used to help consolidate servers and increase server utilization rates, or for creating "sandboxes" «sandboxes» for test and development, or when sharing resources so that every user can have root access while being kept isolated from each other.
The OpenVZ software comes with user tools that help automate management of virtual servers. With its unique architecture that uses a single operating system instance, the virtual servers perform and execute like independent servers with their own memory, configuration files, users and applications. Each can be re-booted independently. Using template-based application deployment provides a simple way to get new virtual servers up and running in minutes and OpenVZ can run several times more virtual servers per CPU than other virtualization technologies. Also, the OpenVZ project maintains a blog site discussing virtualization technology, which can be accessed here, http://blog.openvz.org.