What is the difference between type-1 & type-2 hypervisors?
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Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypervisor
Type-1 - Is where the hypervisor is built into the machine hardware or integrated into the operating system, then after boot up of the machine, virtual machines are created using this built-in hypervisor.
Some examples are: Xen, ESXi Hyper-V, & KVM.
Type-2 - is where additional software is installed on top of the operating system, then virtual machines are created using this software.
Some examples are: Virtualbox, Parallels, & VMware Player.
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