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Virtualization is a framework or methodology of
dividing resources (PRDN)
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Physical Hardware resources (PRDN) virtualize
like one Processor, one RAM, one Disk, one Network
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For virtualize Physical Hardware resources (PRDN)
who will be in the middle it’s called Hypervisor
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Examples of Hypervisors:
v VMware ESXi - Type 1 (Bare-metal)
v Microsoft Hyper-V - Type 1 (Bare-metal) & Type 2 (Hosted)
v VMware Workstation - Type 2 (Hosted)
v VMware Fusion - Type 2 (Hosted)
v Xen - Type 1 (Bare-metal)
v KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) - Type 1 (Bare-metal)
v Oracle VM VirtualBox - Type 2 (Hosted)
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Two types of Hypervisors:
v Type 1 - Bare metal [On top of Hardware – Directly install on Hardware]
v Type 2 - Hosted [On top of Operating System]
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