VMware

VMware

1. HYPERVISOR

   • Bare metal hypervisor
     • directly exists on top of the hardware
   • Hosted hypervisor
   • used for resource allocation of hardware resources for virtual machines.

2. ESXI architecture

   • Thin layered structure
     • features
       • for bare metal hypervisor
       • for resource allocation
       • not feasible for hosted hypervisor architectures
   • can handle 2048 vm
   • upto 400 cpu

3. Vcentre v.6.0

   • performance monitoring
   • data centre management server for virtual environments
   • patch management

4. ensures inexpensive method of ensuring isolation between computers.