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VMware ESXi (formerly ESX) is an enterprise-class, type-1 hypervisor developed by VMware, a subsidiary of Broadcom, for deploying and serving virtual computers.As a type-1 hypervisor, ESXi is not a software application that is installed on an operating system (OS); instead, it includes and integrates vital OS components, such as a kernel.
VMware was the first commercially successful company to virtualize the x86 architecture. [3] VMware's desktop software runs on Microsoft Windows, Linux, and macOS. VMware ESXi, its enterprise software hypervisor, is an operating system [4] that runs on server hardware. [5]
VMware Workstation Pro (known as VMware Workstation until release of VMware Workstation 12 in 2015) is a hosted (Type 2) hypervisor that runs on x64 versions of Windows and Linux operating systems. [4] It enables users to set up virtual machines (VMs) on a single physical machine and use them simultaneously along with the host machine.
GPL version 2; full version with extra enterprise features is proprietary Virtual Iron 3.1 Virtual Iron Software, Inc., acquired by Oracle x86 VT-x, x86-64 AMD-V x86, x86-64 No host OS Windows, Linux Proprietary, some components GPLv2 [10] Virtual Machine Manager: Red Hat: x86, x86-64 x86, x86-64 Linux Linux, Windows GPL version 2
Support for SUSE Linux Enterprise 12; VMware Hardware Version 11; Allocate up to 2 GB video memory to a virtual machine; 12.0 24 August 2015 [19] †VMware Player proper discontinued after v7; VMware Workstation Player 12 released; Support for Windows 10; Support for Ubuntu 15.04; Support for Fedora 22; Support for CentOS 7.1
VMware VMFS (Virtual Machine File System) is VMware, Inc.'s clustered file system used by the company's flagship server virtualization suite, vSphere. It was developed to store virtual machine disk images, including snapshots. Multiple servers can read/write the same filesystem simultaneously while individual virtual machine files are locked.
VMware Infrastructure is a collection of virtualization products from VMware. Virtualization is an abstraction layer that decouples hardware from operating systems. The VMware Infrastructure suite allows enterprises to optimize and manage their IT infrastructure through virtualization as an integrated offering.
Omnissa Horizon (formerly called VMware Horizon) is a commercial desktop and app virtualization product developed by VMware, Inc for Microsoft Windows, Linux and macOS operating systems. It was first sold under the name VMware VDM , but with the release of version 3.0.0 in 2008 it was changed to "VMware View".