Chapter 2. Virtualization Technologies

This book will give an in-depth account of Xen, Microsoft Virtual Server, and VMware. Before we begin, we will take an agnostic look at the different types of server virtualization and other virtual machine software available.

Hardware Virtualization Software

Virtualization software that presents a virtual set of hardware to a guest operating system makes up the majority of server virtualization products available. These virtualization products provide a VMM that either partially or fully virtualizes the underlying hardware, allowing both modified and unmodified guests to run in ...

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