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