Type 1 hypervisor

- Type 1 hypervisors are often referred to as hardware virtualization engines

- The virtual machine run as a user process in user mode

- Type 1 hypervisor runs on the bare metal It runs directly on the hardware

Virtual machine User process (virtual application, ) Virtual Operating system (Guest operating system) Virtual user mode User mode Virtual kernel mode

Type 1 hypervisors

Kernel mode

Hardware (VT)

Product

Free

Hardware Virtualization (Type 1 Hypervisor)

XenServer v4 XenEnterprise v4 or OEM Xen-enabled Linux Windows Server with Hyper-V Windows Hyper-V Server

Citrix

XenExpress v4

Linux Vendors Microsoft

Xen-enabled Linux Virtual Server 2005 SP1 Virtual PC 2007 Windows Hyper-V Server

Oracle Sun Virtual Iron VMware

Oracle VM Sun xVM VirtualBox Virtual Iron VMware Server ESXi Server

Oracle VM Sun xVM Server Virtual Iron ESX Server ESXi Server