Reply To: OCU C)OST A Discussion Lesson 07
The two main types of virtualization technology are Bare-metal and Hosted Hypervisors. Bare-metal hypervisors install directly on the host machine’s hardware, acting as its operating system with full control over resources. Examples include Oracle VM Server, VMware ESXi, and Microsoft Hyper-V. They offer high performance, better security, efficient resource management, and great scalability, but require dedicated hardware, have a more complex setup, need specific management tools, and can’t be used for other tasks. Hosted hypervisors, like Oracle VM VirtualBox, VMware Workstation, and Windows Virtual PC, run as software within an existing operating system. They’re easy to use and install, but generally don’t match the performance and efficiency of bare-metal options.
