What Is A Hypervisor?
Datamation, Friday, July 14,2023
A hypervisor, also known as a virtual machine monitor (VMM), is a type of software used to create and run virtual machines. There are two main types of hypervisors with a wide range of use cases, including consolidating servers by moving workloads to virtual machines, creating isolated environments for testing and development, and facilitating remote desktop access.
This article is an introduction to hypervisor technology, how it works, and the benefits and drawbacks of using it.
What Is A Hypervisor And How Does It Work?
Traditional computers run one operating system, or OS, at a time. This makes them more stable, as the hardware receives only limited processing requests, but it's also limiting. A hypervisor is a type of software that enables multiple instances of operating systems to run on the same physical resources. These multiple instances are called virtual machines.