Types of Virtualization Architectures
There are two main types of virtualization architectures: hosted and bare metal.
Hosted Architecture
In this type of configuration, first, the host operating system is installed on the hardware, then the software is installed. The software is a hypervisor or virtual machine (VM) that requires many guest operating systems or VMs to be installed on the hardware to set up the virtualization architecture. Once the hypervisor is in place, applications can be installed and run on the virtual machine as if they were installed on the physical machine.
Bare Metal Architecture
In this architecture, the hypervisor is installed directly on the hardware, not on top of the operating system. Hypervisors and virtual machines are configured the same way as infrastructure. Bare metal virtualization architecture is designed for applications that provide real-time access or perform some form of data processing.
The Architecture of Virtualization in Cloud Computing
Virtualization in cloud computing helps create virtual versions of hardware, such as desktop computers, with a virtual ecosystem of operating systems, storage, memory, and networking services. The virtualization architecture uses the same hardware to run multiple operating systems on the same machine and optimize their performance.