Virtualizing project
From Teknologisk videncenter
Virtualizing of operating systems can be categorized in two principles.
- Virtualizing software runs on Host OS
- Virtualizing software runs on Bare Metal
Within each category the Virtualizing software can be grouped in Open Source or proprietary
Evaluated software
| Name | Host OS | License | Cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| XEN | NONE | GNU GPL | Free |
| VMware esxi | NONE | proprietary | Free[1] |
| SUN Virtualbox | Linux, Mac OS X, OS/2 Warp, Windows XP/Vista/7, Solaris, FreeBSD | GNU GPL | Free |
| VMware Server | Windows, Linux | proprietary | Free[2] |