Re: Oracle VM

From: Greg Rahn <greg_at_structureddata.org>
Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2010 21:57:20 -0700
Message-ID: <x2xa9c093441004302157o28187cd6haaec41876d24f472_at_mail.gmail.com>

That is incorrect. VMware can run directly on the bare metal. "VMware ESX and VMware ESXi are “bare-metal” hypervisors, meaning they install directly on top of the physical server and partition it into multiple virtual machines that can run simultaneously, sharing the physical resources of the underlying server" http://www.vmware.com/products/esx/

On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 9:08 PM, nilesh kumar <nileshkum_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> Yes, for the vmware we need a host OS on which vmware runs on and then we
> need a guest OS ( which runs in the VMware).
>
> Thanks
> Nilesh
>
> On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 2:41 AM, dd yakkali <dd.yakkali_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hello everyone,
>>
>> I am new to this virtualization world. I want to get more information
>> about this.
>>
>> I always thought that Virtualization software needs a base OS to run on.
>> Once you have the virtualization software installed on a host OS, you can
>> create any virtual machine/OS using the virtualization software.
>>
>> Am I correct in stating this?
>>
>> Thanks
>> Deen
>

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