A hypervisor, also known as a virtual machine monitor (VMM) or virtualizer, is a type of computer software, firmware or hardware that creates and runs...
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Xen (redirect from Xen Hypervisor)
Xen (pronounced /ˈzɛn/) is a free and open-source type-1 hypervisor, providing services that allow multiple computer operating systems to execute on the...
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Software-defined storage (redirect from Storage hypervisor)
server hypervisor and the concept of a storage hypervisor. By virtualizing servers, server hypervisors (VMware ESX, Microsoft Hyper-V, Citrix Hypervisor, Linux...
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In computing, a client hypervisor is a hypervisor that is designed for use on client computers such as laptops, desktops or workstations, rather than on...
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known before its release as Windows Server Virtualization, is a native hypervisor; it can create virtual machines on x86-64 systems running Windows. Starting...
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enterprise-class, type-1 hypervisor developed by VMware, a subsidiary of Broadcom, for deploying and serving virtual computers. As a type-1 hypervisor, ESXi is not...
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An embedded hypervisor is a hypervisor that supports the requirements of embedded systems. The requirements for an embedded hypervisor are distinct from...
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"hardware-defined" systems. HCI includes, at a minimum, virtualized computing (a hypervisor), software-defined storage, and virtualized networking (software-defined...
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Libvirt (section Supported Hypervisors)
open-source hypervisor for Linux and SmartOS Xen – bare-metal hypervisor User-mode Linux (UML) – paravirtualized kernel VirtualBox – hypervisor by Oracle...
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Apache CloudStack (section Supported Hypervisors)
managing, and deploying infrastructure cloud services. It uses existing hypervisor platforms for virtualization, such as KVM, VMware vSphere, including ESXi...
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XCP-ng is a Linux distribution of the Xen Project, with pre-configured Xen Hypervisor and the Xen API project (XAPI) working out-of-the-box. The project was...
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Platform virtualization software, specifically emulators and hypervisors, are software packages that emulate the whole physical computer machine, often...
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Microsoft Windows, Linux, and macOS. VMware ESXi, its enterprise software hypervisor, is an operating system that runs on server hardware. On November 22,...
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physical memory address. Each VM has a separate shadow page table and hypervisor is in charge of managing them. But the cost is very expensive since every...
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firmware that creates a virtual machine on the host hardware is called a hypervisor or virtual machine monitor. Hardware virtualization is not the same as...
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hypervisors use hardware-assisted virtualization, with virtualization-specific hardware features on the host CPUs providing assistance to hypervisors...
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Hyperjacking is an attack in which a hacker takes malicious control over the hypervisor that creates the virtual environment within a virtual machine (VM) host...
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system - typically Microsoft Windows - runs within a virtual machine on a hypervisor. VMware Horizon product has a number of components which are required...
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(pronounced "bee hive", formerly written as BHyVe for "BSD hypervisor") is a type-2 (hosted) hypervisor initially written for FreeBSD. It can also be used on...
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virtual machines running under a hypervisor. The most common is Linux's KVM but the project supports a number of hypervisors including Xen, Apple's HVF, Windows'...
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Server in 2001.[citation needed] The physical server typically runs a hypervisor which is tasked with creating, releasing, and managing the resources of...
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virtualization product developed by Red Hat, and is based on the KVM hypervisor. Red Hat Virtualization uses the SPICE protocol and VDSM (Virtual Desktop...
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virtualization module in the Linux kernel that allows the kernel to function as a hypervisor. It was merged into the mainline Linux kernel in version 2.6.20, which...
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OpenNebula (section Hypervisor enabled-hosts)
are data center virtualization and cloud deployments based on the KVM hypervisor, LXD/LXC system containers, and AWS Firecracker microVMs. The platform...
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decides on the hypervisor (i.e. physical host) in order to start it. A hypervisor runs virtual machines (VMs) as guests. Pools of hypervisors in the cloud...
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2024, VMware owner Broadcom discontinued general availability of vSphere Hypervisor free edition. On February 10, 2011 VMware released Update 1 for vSphere...
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controlled virtualization was called a "control program", but the terms "hypervisor" or "virtual machine monitor" became preferred over time. The term "virtualization"...
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Protection ring (section Hypervisor mode)
Microsoft's Ring-1 design structure as part of their NGSCB initiative, and hypervisors based on x86 virtualization such as Intel VT-x (formerly Vanderpool)...
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opportunities. Hypervisor: Data are collected by running the (usually) unmodified program under a hypervisor. Example: SIMMON Simulator and Hypervisor: Data collected...
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Qubes OS (section Xen hypervisor and domains)
called qubes. Virtualization services in Qubes OS are provided by the Xen hypervisor. The runtimes of individual qubes are generally based on a unique system...
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