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OpenVZ is a small open-source part of [https://www.virtuozzo.com/products/vz7.html Virtuozzo 7 infrastructure] which provides necessary features, services, and support for medium and large businesses. Most notable features of Virtuozzo are reliable and fast [[Virtuozzo_Storage|software-defined storage]], automated [https://docs.virtuozzo.com/virtuozzo_7_users_guide/managing-virtual-machines-and-containers/managing-virtual-machine-and-container-backups.html backups], higher [https://docs.virtuozzo.com/virtuozzo_7_command_line_reference/managing-containers/supplementary-tools.html density of containers], live patching for kernel by [https://docs.virtuozzo.com/virtuozzo_infrastructure_platform_admins_cmd_guide/advanced-tasks/updating-with-readykernel.html ReadyKernel], timely [https://docs.virtuozzo.com/virtuozzo_7_users_guide/keeping-your-system-up-to-date/updating-virtuozzo.html updates] and [https://www.virtuozzo.com/support/all-products.html 24x7 support].
== Components ==<!--T:3-->
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OpenVZ consists from open components and includes:
<!--T:5-->* [[Download/kernel/rhel7|RHEL7 kernel]] , RHEL7-based kernel, a Linux kernel with full container support with all features patches that implements OpenVZ kernel functionality.* [[CRIU|Checkpoint/Restore In Userspace]], or CRIU, is a software tool for Linux that enables you to freeze a running application (or a part of it) and benefits checkpoint it to a hard drive as a collection of RHEL7 kernelfiles. You can then use the files to restore and run the application from the point it was frozen at.
* [[QEMU]]/KVM
* [[P.Haul]] is the project on top of CRIU that implements the live migration usage scenario.* [[LibVirt]] - API to manage virtual machines as well as containers * Unified management tools* [https://src.openvz.org/projects/OVZ/repos/libprlsdk/browse Parallels [Libprlsdk|Virtuozzo SDK] ] is our own API to manage virtual machines and containers with Python bindings.* and [[http://libguestfs.org/ libguestfsCategory:Sub-projects | other components]]
== Roadmap Download ==<!--T:6-->
<!--T:7-->[https://download.openvz.org/virtuozzo/releases/7.0/x86_64/iso/ Download] installation ISO image, burn image to USB flash drive or DVD and boot yourcomputer from it. Follow installation steps and get installed OpenVZ. Follow steps in article [[RoadmapUpgrade script from OpenVZ to Virtuozzo 7|migrate containers from OpenVZ]] with future milestonesif you want to upgrade to the next version.
You can upgrade anytime your OpenVZ installation to Virtuozzo by following [https://docs.virtuozzo.com/virtuozzo_7_upgrade_guide/upgrading-from-other-products/upgrading-from-openvz-based-on-3.10-to-virtuozzo-7.html this guide].
== Release cycle User statistics ==According to recent [https://stats7-web.openvz.org/ user statistics report] the OpenVZ 7 is already widely used in the world. Most popular hardware vendors are Supermicro and Dell.
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== See also == <!--T:8-->* [Releaseshttps://docs.openvz.org/ OpenVZ 7 documentation]* [httphttps://wwwsrc.odinopenvz.com Odinorg/projects/OVZ OpenVZ 7 source code]* [httphttps://wwwstats7-web.odinopenvz.com/products/virtuozzoorg/ Commercial Virtuozzo distributionOpenVZ 7 user statistics]
* [[Comparison]] of different virtualisation solutions
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