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What is the difference between Type 1 and type 2 Hypervisor?

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Question added by Binu Mrb , Tech Trainer , Microland
Date Posted: 2017/03/30
Ram Pathak
by Ram Pathak , Sr. Cloud Solution Architect , Mobily-An Etihad Telecom Company

Type 1 hypervisors run directly on the system hardware. They are often referred to as a "native" or "bare metal" or "embedded" hypervisors in vendor literature.

Type 2 hypervisors run on a host operating system. When the virtualization movement first began to take off, Type 2 hypervisors were most popular. Administrators could buy the software and install it on a server they already had.

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