Key Players in Virtualization Management
- VMware: VMware is, by and large, a major player in virtualization, and cloud computing business. VMware vSphere, a virtualized management platform, proprietary of VMware is an all-encompassing tool suite of tools for managing virtualized infrastructure as, for instance, resource management, automation, high availability, and security. The provider also has some management solutions that comprise of vCenter Server, the vRealize Suite for the multi-cloud management, and the VMware Cloud Director for multi-tenant environment.
- Microsoft: Microsoft brings virtualization management into a hypervisor suggestion Hyper-V, and also a management suite, the System Center. Post-virtualization, Hyper-V delivers the in-built Virtualization features of Windows Server, which are further managed by System Centre – the room for monitoring, provisioning, automation, and backup is intact. In addition, Microsoft Azure Arc is in place for managing environments using multiple clouds and hybrid.
- Red Hat (IBM): Today, IBM Red Hat has continued with its strong virtualization management platform built on the base of open-source software. RHV is at the core of their – KVM-based – offerings. It allows for performing various management tasks: virtual machine management, storage, and network management. Red Hat is also the developer of management tools, for instance, Red Hat Satellite for server management and Ansible Automation Platform for automation.
- Citrix: Citrix provides virtualization management tools targeted at the user desktop segment and the application delivery network space. The Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops and the Citrix Hypervisor are among its flagship products which also support XenApp, XenDesktop and XenServer for virtualizing desktops, applications, and servers. Citrix also supports tools, like Citrix Cloud and Citrix Endpoint Management which can manage from cloud and endpoint management perspectives.
- Oracle: Oracle has a virtualization management portfolio via its Oracle VM Server for X86 and its Open-source virtualization product: Oracle VM VirtualBox. Extensively used on x86 architecture, Oracle VM Server for Xen offers virtual machine management, storage, and network administration features for virtualized environments of the data centre.
- Nutanix: Nutanix provides HCI platforms that have combined computing, storage and virtualization into one electrical unit. Their Acropolis hypervisor (AHV) with Nutanix integration is a provision embeddable in the Nutanix stack, giving out functionality for virtual machine management, storage of virtual machines, and networking. Nutanix Prism being the management interface for Nutanix HCI environments, performs as a centralized dashboard for remote monitoring and troubleshooting of all virtual systems.
What is a Hypervisor ?
Hypervisor is a community-driven project that offers a free hypervisor for task management in a cloud environment. It is designed to be a lightweight, secure, and lesson-intensive virtualization solution that suits the advanced architecture of today’s cloud environments better. KVM is the foundation of the Cloud Hypervisor cloud computing technology, which is additionally based on both Linux and KVM ecosystems.
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