Which is the best virtualization software to suit your requirement

Virtualization! the mimic! Virtualization or the virtual machine is the environment which is different from the actual machine, rather not a actual machine. The virtualization of machine is the making of the virtual machine (not real) which can perform the functions which could be perfomed by the actual one.

This feature of computing allows you to use multiple hardware and software benefits on single machine. This environment can be created using two types of virtualization, one is software virtualization and another is Hardware virtualization. Major difference between these two is, one use the software and set of files to create the environment and other uses the hardware platform together with proper software and set of files.

Since this article is about the best virtualization softwares then our discussion should be pointed towards the features which it provides. So before using any virtualizer the following features should be considered:

Host OS

It is very important that the software which you will be using should run on the host os on which you are going to install it. It should be compatible with any operating system. For example, if I choose virtualizer to virtualize an environment for linux on windows, then it should be compatible with windows.

Support to hardware virtualization

Many Intel and Amd machines support hardware virtualization. In this type of machine the system hardware itself mimic as the other system but the proper virtualization application should be there to successfully emulate the environment for the guest operating system. So, virtualization software should provide support to this type of hardware feature.

Portability

How it would be user friendly if you would be able to carry your virtual machine to your workplace and from your workplace to your home after completion of the task. The application should provide this type of feature, so that you can export and import your virtual machine to an open format.

Cost

Well this thing matters more, especially if the user using the facility for personal use. So the price decision should be made comparing its price against its features which suits your need. The careful decision should be made comparing price with another similar product and its features.

Additional tools and plugins

The virtualization software should support additional tools and plugins, so as to make computing again easy.

Support and updates

Should provide with the updates to new features and 24/7 support if needed. The good customer support decides the companies position and nature of company.

Here are two virtualizers which best fit into above categories:

Oracle's VM VirtualBox

The VM VirtualBox is the oracle's solution to the virtualization. This virtualization software allows you to use 'Full Virtualization' feature, that means you can virtualize a machine to use an operating system to its full and all its supported application softwares. According to its developer, the following feature of the virtualbox makes it attractive and unique: Operating System support. one can use software which are designed for windows on linux. Infrastructure Consolidation. At one roof. One can use multiple OS on single machine. Testing and disaster recovery. if anything goes wrong then you can restore it to its previous snapshot. Though it is easy to use and download, this is the best option. Download from here.

VMware Player

This product of the company VMware provides complete virtualization feature. With its user friendly interface you can virtulize the machine to use multiple operating system in one computer. On the basis of years of experience in virtualization they offers you better virtualization with cpu, video adapter, and disk adapter virtualization. This provides the facility to create a seperate isolated virtual machine to which the host OS (on which the vmware is installed) or any other guest OS cannot make changes. This also offers you to virtualize upto 8 cpu's and helps you allot 64GB of dedicated RAM to each machine. Download from here.
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