Virtualization

In computing, virtualization refers to the act of creating a virtual (rather than actual) version of something, including virtual computer hardware platforms, operating systems, storage devices, and computer network resources. Wikipedia

Platform Virtualization Software. Platform virtualization software, specifically emulators and hypervisors, are software packages that emulate the whole physical computer machine, often providing multiple virtual machines on one physical platform.

Way To Virtualize:

• Client Virtualization Software

• Hypervisor

Client Virtualization Software

In computing, a virtual machine (VM) is an emulation of a particular computer system. Virtual machines operate based on the computer architecture and functions of a real or hypothetical computer, and their implementations may involve specialized hardware, software, or a combination of both. Wikipedia

• VirtualBox

• VMWare

Hypervisors

A hypervisor or virtual machine monitor (VMM) is a piece of computer software, firmware or hardware that creates and runs virtual machines. A computer on which a hypervisor runs one or more virtual machines is called a host machine; and each virtual machine is called a guest machine. Wikipedia

• Hypervisor

  • KVM

  • LXC

  • QEMU

  • VMware ESX/ESXi

  • Xen

  • Hyper-V

  • Docker

• Management Software

  • vSphere (VMware)

Kernel Virtual Machine

VM (for Kernel-based Virtual Machine) is a full virtualization solution for Linux on x86 hardware containing virtualization extensions (Intel VT or AMD-V). It consists of a loadable kernel module, kvm.ko, that provides the core virtualization infrastructure and a processor specific module, kvm-intel.ko or kvm-amd.ko.