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Benefits of Virtualization

Virtualization offers benefits such as minimizing downtime, increasing productivity, and reducing carbon footprints. It includes various software options and techniques, with virtual machines (VMs) playing a crucial role in testing and running applications. Virtual Machine Monitors (VMMs) manage the creation and operation of VMs, with Type 1 and Type 2 hypervisors providing different levels of performance and resource management.

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Benefits of Virtualization

Virtualization offers benefits such as minimizing downtime, increasing productivity, and reducing carbon footprints. It includes various software options and techniques, with virtual machines (VMs) playing a crucial role in testing and running applications. Virtual Machine Monitors (VMMs) manage the creation and operation of VMs, with Type 1 and Type 2 hypervisors providing different levels of performance and resource management.

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Benefits of virtualization

Virtualization has many benefits that can help IT managers and


organizations in the following aspects:
 Minimizes downtime and facilitates disaster recovery
 Increases productivity and efficiency
 Allows better testing
 Reduces carbon footprint
Virtualization Software
Listed of top five virtualization software for personnel or
businesses
 Parallels Desktop
 VMWare Fusion/Workstation Player
 Oracle VM Virtual Box
 V2 Cloud
 QEMU
Virtualization Technique
Para Virtualization
Full Virtualization
OS Level Virtualization
Virtual Machine
Virtual Machine (VM)
 A VM is a virtualized instance of a computer that can perform almost
all of the same functions as a computer, including running
applications and operating systems.
 VM play a primary role in creating any application, tool, or environment
for virtual machines online and on-premises.
 Virtual machines used for:
 Testing
 Running software designed for other OS
 Running outdated software
 Browser isolation
 Cloud computing use virtual machines for:
 Running SaaS applications
 Backing up data
 Hosting services like email and access management
 Browser isolation
Types of Virtual Machine
There are two type of virtual machine:
System Virtual Machine
 Process Virtual Machine
System Virtual Machine
 System virtual machines gives us complete system platform
and gives the execution of the complete virtual operating
system.
 E.g. Virtual Box
Process Virtual Machine
 It creates virtual environment of that OS while using some
app or program and this environment will be destroyed as
soon as we exit from that app.
 A process virtual machine is sometimes known
as MRE (Manages Runtime Environment) or application
virtual machine.
 E.g.: Wine software in Linux, JVM.
Virtual Machine Monitor (VMM)
 A virtual machine monitor (VMM), also known as a
hypervisor, is a software, hardware, or firmware-based
process that manages the creation and operation of
virtualized environments from the host system.
 The virtualization layer allows IT managers to control
virtual machines running on the hypervisor as guest
systems.
 Hypervisors make it possible to run multiple virtual
machines on one main system and help manage the
allocation of resources.
 Virtual machine monitoring allows for the monitoring
of availability and performance.
Functions of a Virtual Machine Monitor

 Virtualization of Hardware
 VM Creation and Management
 Resource Allocation and Scheduling
 Isolation and Security
 Live Migration
 Snapshots and Backup
Types of Virtual Machine Monitors
Type 1 Hypervisor (Bare-Metal Hypervisor):
 Type 1 hypervisors run directly on the physical hardware without the need for
an underlying operating system.
 They have direct access to the hardware resources, making them more
efficient and providing higher performance.
 Examples of Type 1 hypervisors include VMware ESXi, Microsoft Hyper-V
Server, and Xen.
Type 2 Hypervisor (Hosted Hypervisor):
 Type 2 hypervisors run on top of an existing operating system, which acts as
the host.
 The Type 2 hypervisor relies on the host OS to manage hardware resources.
 While they are typically easier to install and set up, Type 2 hypervisors may
have slightly lower performance compared to Type 1 hypervisors.
 Examples of Type 2 hypervisors include VMware Workstation, Oracle
VirtualBox, and Parallels Desktop.
Uses and Benefits of VMM
 Server Virtualization
 Desktop Virtualization
 Software Testing and Development
 Legacy Application Support
 Cloud Computing

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