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Looking for AWS use of Xen and other hypervisors, to see if Xen is still widely used, but could not figure out if Xen will continued to be used, or if AWS is moving from Xen to KVM.

>>alildp+(OP)
Some web searches that I have made were ...

* doc

https://github.com/awsdocs/amazon-ec2-user-guide-windows/tre...

  ... Nitro-based instance type, such as M5 or C5 ...
  ... instance based on the Xen System, such as M4 or C4 ...

* FAQ

https://aws.amazon.com/ec2/faqs/

  Q. Will AWS continue to invest in its Xen-based hypervisor?
  Yes. ...

  Q. What is the Nitro Hypervisor?
  ... The Nitro Hypervisor is built on core Linux Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) technology ...

> I am not sure how to interpret this. Maybe "Q. Will AWS continue to invest in its Xen-based hypervisor?" is a Marketing / PR way of phrasing something?

* Others

https://brendangregg.com/blog/2021-07-05/computing-performan... https://www.usenix.org/conference/lisa21/presentation/gregg-... https://www.usenix.org/system/files/lisa21_slides_gregg_comp...

  VM Improvements
  #6 VM Xen AWS 2017
  #7 VM AWS Nitro 2017