Server Virtualization Software

ALSO CALLED: Virtualization Software and SV Software
DEFINITION: Virtuozzo is a software application for enterprise server virtualization that allows an administrator to create virtual environments on a host computer at the operating system (OS) layer.

Instead of having one physical machine run muliple operating systems simultaneously, as the virtual  … 
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SERVER VIRTUALIZATION SOFTWARE DEFINITION (continued): …  machine model used by VMware and Mircrosoft Virtual Server or XEN does, Virtuozzo approaches virtualization by running a single OS kernel as its core and exporting that core functionality to various partitions on the host. Each of the partitions effectively becomes a stand-alone entity called a virtual private server (VPS).

Virtuozzo comes with a proprietary Kernel Service Abstraction Layer (KSAL) that manages access to the kernel and prevents any … 
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