Larger intel/AMD machine with more CPU and memory
16,32,64- way intel machines now available with up to 1 TB RAM
X86 Hardware Virtualization
Intel VT
AMD Pacifica.
Hardware Virtualization
Software Virtualization
Full Virtualization
Para-Virtualization
The hypervisor
A computer layer
which allows multiple operating systems to run on a host computer at the same time
the role of the hypervizor in supporting Guest Operating Systems on a single machine
Gues OS Guest OS Guest OS
Hypervisor
System
Freely available:
Open VZ, VMWare server, Xen 3.0
Comercial:
Virtuozzo, VMWare ESX, Xen enterprise, Microsoft Virual Server, Virtual Iron.
