Notes/Operating Systems/Virtualization.md

779 B

type
type
theoretical
  • Hypervisor-Based Virtualization
    • Utilizing hypervisor-based virtualization solutions like VMWare ESXi or Proxmox to create and manage multiple VMs on a single server.
  • Cloud computing

Requirements

  1. Safety: hypervisor should have full control of virtualized resources
  2. Fidelity: behaviour of a program on a virtual machine should be the same as if it were running bare metal
  3. Efficiency: Much of code should run without intervention by hypervisor

Popek and Goldberg

Sensitive instructions behave differently in user vs. kernel mode. IO as an example. Privileged instructions cause a trap if executed in user mode.


\text{Sensitive INS. } \subseteq \text{ Privileged Ins.}

Types