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Virtualization Technology
Department of English Studies and humanities
Academic Writing Course

The Virtualization Technology under XEN and VMware

Term Paper submitted for the fulfillment of the requirement of the Academic Writing Course

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List of figures……………………………………………………………………………… | 2 | Introduction ……………………………………………………………………………….. | 3 | 1. General presentation of the virtualization………………………………………….. 2.1. Definition……..……………………………………………………..…….………. 2.2. Differences with multitasking and Hyper threading.……………..…………… 2.3. The interest of virtualization….…………..…………………………………….. 2. Some tools…………………………………………………………………………….. 3.4. XEN ……...………………………………..…….………………….…………….. 3.5. VMWAR………………..…………………………………...….…………………. 3.6. VirtualBox ……………….…………………………..……….…………………... 3.7. The difference between Xen, VMware and VirtualBox………………………Conclusion…………………………………………………………………………………References………………………………………………………………………………… | 3
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List of figures:

Figure 1: The Virtualization …………………………………………………………….Figure 2: Multitasking..…………………………………………..……………………..Figure 3: Hyper-treading ……………………………………….………………………Figure 4: Stand-alone VM implementation …………………………………………..Figure 5: Hosted VM implementation……….………………………………………… | 3457
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Introduction:
Over recent years the needs within the company in terms of computer’s Hardwar and software resources was increased so they convert to the virtualization system which were the best solution to allow time sharing and resource sharing on the highly expensive hardware.
Virtualization is used to reduce the cost of acquiring equipment and improving productivity by enabling users to work more on it at the same time.

1. General presentation of the virtualization:

2.1. Definition:
The online Wikipedia encyclopedia defines



References: Difference Between VMware and Xen. Retrieved December 22, 2011, from http://www.differencebetween.net/object/difference-between-vmware- Retrieved December 16, 2011, from http://www.ecsl.cs.sunysb. edu/tr/TR179.pdf .

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