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14. (6 pts) Describe the main differences between a Type 1 hypervisor and a Type 2 hypervisor.

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What's the difference between Type 1 and Type 2 hypervisors used in OS virtualisation?

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Joe Nap, Software Engineer

Answered May 3, 2016

Refer to the wikipedia article here: Hypervisor

In general, a hypervisor is software that creates virtual machines.   An operating system abstracts away the hardware and runs any type of software, including hypervisors.

A type 1 hypervisor is both the operating system and the hypervisor together. There's no underlying operating system like linux or windows. This is usually faster and more efficient because you only run 2 layers of software--the type 1 hypervisor and the virtual machine--to execute the actual virtual machine.

A type 2 hypervisor runs on top of an existing operating system, such as linux, which isn't specially designed to run virtual machines. In this case you run 3 layers of software, the operating system, the type 2 hypervisor, and the final virtual machine, in order to achieve the same effect. This is typically less efficient since you're running an entire extra layer of heavy duty software.

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