Definitions
Virtualization
- Technology used to allow a computer to have more than one OS present and operating at the same time on a single piece of hardware
Hypervisor
- An Interface between VM and host. layer that enables virtualization
Advantages
Sandboxing
- IS the separation between software and hardware that creates a barrier to improve security
- portability or easy restoration of virtual machines
Terms
- Host - Your Physical computer
- Host OS - The OS on the host
- VM - the operating system running on your computer
- Virtualization software - the sandbox software that provides an engine for guest virtual machines
Tips
- A VM is just like a physical PC in that it has dedicated resources
- But they need to share with the host