The System VM Template

The System VM Template The System VMs come from a single template. The System VM has the following characteristics: Debian 6.0 ("Squeeze"), 2.6.32 kernel with the latest security patches from the Debian security APT repository Has a minimal set of packages installed thereby reducing the attack surface 32-bit for enhanced performance on Xen/VMWare pvops kernel with Xen PV drivers, KVM virtio drivers, and VMware tools for optimum performance on all hypervisors Xen tools inclusion allows performance monitoring Latest versions of HAProxy, iptables, IPsec, and Apache from debian repository ensures improved security and speed Latest version of JRE from Sun/Oracle ensures improved security and speed