[Info-vax] VMWARE/ESXi Linux

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 12/2/2024 11:57 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> On Tue, 3 Dec 2024 03:09:15 -0000 (UTC), Waldek Hebisch wrote:
>>  From what you wrote seem that ESXi is more similar to Xen than to
>> KVM+qemu, that is ESXi and Xen discourage running unvirtualized programs
>> while in KVM+qemu some (frequently most) programs is running
>> unvirtualized and only rest is virtualized.
> 
> I think that dates back to the old distinction between “type 1” and “type
> 2“ hypervisors. It’s an obsolete distinction nowadays.

No.

If you look at what is available and what it is used for then you will
see that what is labeled type 1 is used for production and what is
labeled type 2 is used for development. It matters.

Arne