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From: cross@spitfire.i.gajendra.net (Dan Cross)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: Re: VMWARE/ESXi Linux
Date: Tue, 3 Dec 2024 15:36:49 -0000 (UTC)
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In article <vin597$3sjr$2@dont-email.me>,
Arne Vajhøj  <arne@vajhoej.dk> wrote:
>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.

No, that has nothing to do with it.

	- Dan C.