Virtualizacion

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.