Tuesday, 14 October 2014

7::Hypervisors

Definitions
–Hypervisor (or VMM – Virtual Machine Monitor) is a software layer that allows several virtual machines to run on a physical machine <software responsible for system virtualization>
–The physical OS and hardware are called the Host
–The virtual machine OS and applications are called the Guest

Understanding TYPE1 & TYPE2
Click here for Type1
Click here for Type2

Type 3 (Hybrid Hypervisor)
The hypervisors run directly on the hardware, but leverage the features of an existing OS running as a guest.

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