The bare-metal hypervisor as a platform for innovation
Some workloads work better on a hypervisor hosted within an existing operating system, while others work better on a hypervisor run directly on bare metal with no operating system host. Russell Pavlicek explores a growing breed of solutions that specifically leverage the architecture of a bare-metal hypervisor to address new concepts.
| Talk Title | The bare-metal hypervisor as a platform for innovation |
| Speakers | Russell Pavlicek (Looking for an opportunity) |
| Conference | O’Reilly Software Architecture Conference |
| Conf Tag | Engineering the Future of Software |
| Location | New York, New York |
| Date | April 11-13, 2016 |
| URL | Talk Page |
| Slides | Talk Slides |
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For many tasks, the choice between a type 1 (bare-metal) or type 2 (hosted) hypervisor is a matter of performance or even personal taste. Some workloads work slightly better on a hypervisor hosted within an existing operating system, while others work better on a hypervisor run directly on bare metal with no operating system host. And many, many other tasks are equally efficient using either one. Russell Pavlicek explores a growing breed of solutions that specifically leverage the architecture of a bare-metal hypervisor to address new tasks ranging from embedded applications to new types of cloud-hosted software appliances. All leverage the lightweight nature and securability of a type 1 hypervisor, and most are fostered by the Xen Project ecosystem. Russell reviews a number of real efforts underway, including:
