HypervisorSupportMatrix
This is an attempt to help new users decide on a hypervisor based on features that can be controlled through compute.
Whilst the intention is to keep this up to date it was created just after the release of Cactus, so if it says a feature is not possible it may warrant further investigation.
It is also worth noting that the majority of openstack development is done with the KVM/ubuntu and XEN hypervisors. This means that (currently at least) you are more likely to find community support for issues with these hypervisors.
Please help keep this list up-to-date.
Legend: ✔ indicates support, ✗ indicates the feature is not supported, * indicates there is a caveat to the functionality (more details about caveats coming soon), and a blank cell generally indicates more testing is needed to make a judgment.
Note: QEMU~KVM, LXC~KVM for majority of features, ESX compatibility-Needs testing
| Feature | XenServer | KVM | QEMU | LXC | HyperV | ESX |
| Launch | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| Reboot | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| Terminate | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| Resize | ✔ | ✗ | ✗ | |||
| Rescue | ✔ | ✔ | ✗ | |||
| Pause | ✔ | ✔ | ✗ | |||
| Un-pause | ✔ | ✔ | ✗ | |||
| Suspend | ✔ | ✔ | ✗ | |||
| Resume | ✔ | ✔ | ✗ | |||
| Inject Networking | ✔* | ✔* | ✗ | |||
| Inject File | ✔ | ✗ | ✗ | |||
| Serial Console | ✗ | ✔ | ✗ | ✗ | ||
| VNC Console | ✔* | ✔* | ✗ | |||
| Attach Volume | ✔ | ✔ | ✗ | ✗ | ||
| Detach Volume | ✔ | ✔ | ✗ | ✗ | ||
| Live Migration | ✗ | ✔ | ✗ | |||
| Snapshot | ✔ | ✔ | ✗ | |||
| iSCSI | ✗ | |||||
| Set Admin Pass | ✔ | ✗ | ✗ | |||
| Get Guest Info | ✔ | ✔ | ✗ | |||
| Get Host Info | ✔ | ✔ | ✗ | |||
| Glance Integration | ✔ | ✔ | ✗ | |||
| Service Control | ✔ | ✔ | ||||
| -VLAN Networking | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✗ | ||
| -Flat Networking | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ||
| -Security Groups | ✗ | ✔ | ✔ | ✗ | ||
| -Firewall Rules | ✗ | ✔ | ✗ | |||
| -Routing | ✔ | ✔ | ✗ |
