ABSTRACT
The creation and management of virtual machines (VM) has been called “platform virtualization”, or “server virtualization”, more recently. Platform virtualization is performed on a given hardware platform by host software, which creates a simulated computer environment, a VM for its guest software. Each VM is isolated from its host physical system and other virtualized machines. Because of this isolation, if one virtual-instance crashes, it does not affect the other VMs. In addition, data is not shared between one virtual container and another. Platform virtualization software, specifically emulators and hypervisors, are software packages that emulate the whole physical computer machine, often providing multiple virtual machines on one physical platform. When deciding on the best approach to implementing virtualization, it is important to have a clear understanding of the different virtualization solutions which are currently available. Binary translation is one specific approach to implement full virtualization that does not require hardware virtualization features.
