The virtual machine monitor (VMM) or hypervisor is a software layer that sits underneath the guest operating system allowing it to believe there is really hardware in place. A number of commercial hypervisors are available in the market including VMware, Oracle, Microsoft, KVM and Xen used for virtualization applications. Broadly existing hypervisors are classified into two types namely types 1 and type 2 hypervisors. Type1 hypervisor runs on the bare metal without an underlying operating system. This kind of hypervisor has direct access to the underlying hardware and is considered to be the best performing and most efficient for enterprise computing. Type 2 hypervisors are typically installed on an existing Operating System. This makes it a hosted hypervisor seeing as it relies on the host machine operating system to undertake certain operations. Examples of type 2 Hypervisors include Microsoft Virtual PC, Oracle Virtual Box, VMware Workstation, Oracle Solaris Zones, and VMware Fusion. With respect to the above extract, provide a detailed report on the following aspects of hypervisors. a) Critically analyze the main properties of hypervisors b) Examine Type1 and Type 2 hypervisors
The virtual machine monitor (VMM) or hypervisor is a software layer that sits underneath the guest
hypervisors are available in the market including VMware, Oracle, Microsoft, KVM and Xen used for
virtualization applications. Broadly existing hypervisors are classified into two types namely types 1 and
type 2 hypervisors. Type1 hypervisor runs on the bare metal without an underlying operating system. This
kind of hypervisor has direct access to the underlying hardware and is considered to be the best
performing and most efficient for enterprise computing. Type 2 hypervisors are typically installed on an
existing Operating System. This makes it a hosted hypervisor seeing as it relies on the host machine
operating system to undertake certain operations. Examples of type 2 Hypervisors include Microsoft
Virtual PC, Oracle Virtual Box, VMware Workstation, Oracle Solaris Zones, and VMware Fusion. With
respect to the above extract, provide a detailed report on the following aspects of hypervisors.
a) Critically analyze the main properties of hypervisors
b) Examine Type1 and Type 2 hypervisors
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