4. What is the difference between full virtualization & paravirtualization?

What is the difference between full virtualization & paravirtualization?


  • Full virtualization A virtualization where the Virtualization Layer directly interacts the with underlying hardware, the guest has a full operating system. Examples are: VMware Vsphere & Oracle Virtualbox

    Paravirtualization Uses a modified OS, to have a hypervisor to create virtual guest machines, the guest is aware that it is part of a bigger machine sharing resources. Examples are XEN

    Also see: Difference between type-1 & type-2 hypervisors

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