Hypervisor

Topics:

• What is a hypervisor
• Benefits of a hypervisor
• Hypervisors available on Aruba Cloud

A hypervisor is a fundamental component of a system based on resource virtualization, whose main purpose is to manage virtual machine resources. Choosing the hypervisor when creating a Cloud VPS is crucial, as it cannot be changed later. The hypervisor also affects the availability of specific templates, operating systems, or operating system versions when configuring the Cloud Server.

The main benefits of using a hypervisor are:

• Independence from hardware configuration: the hypervisor provides a high level of resource abstraction (vCPU, RAM, HD), allowing virtual machines to operate independently of the underlying hardware configuration.
• Configuration efficiency: it provides centralized and simplified resource management, allowing you to quickly create, clone, or modify virtual machines, reducing deployment time and costs.
• Scalability: the ability of a system to adjust allocated resources according to operational requirements.
• Portability: makes it possible to transfer or migrate applications, data, and infrastructure from one cloud environment to another, or from an on-premises environment to the cloud.

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OpenStack

A reliable and well-established open-source platform, OpenStack is based on cutting-edge technologies and is available in preconfigured packages designed to provide maximum performance and cost efficiency.

VMware

Ideal for Linux-based systems, including those with particularly demanding CPU requirements, VMware makes it easy to import virtual machines from other providers.

Hyper-V

Microsoft's virtualization solution, Hyper-V is integrated into the Windows ecosystem and allows you to create and manage virtual machines efficiently, providing scalability and excellent performance for enterprise environments.

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