VirtualisationLa virtualisation consiste, en informatique, à exécuter sur une machine hôte, dans un environnement isolé, des systèmes d'exploitation — on parle alors de virtualisation système — ou des applications — on parle alors de virtualisation applicative. Ces ordinateurs virtuels sont appelés serveur privé virtuel (Virtual Private Server ou VPS) ou encore environnement virtuel (Virtual Environment ou VE).
Hardware virtualizationHardware virtualization is the virtualization of computers as complete hardware platforms, certain logical abstractions of their componentry, or only the functionality required to run various operating systems. Virtualization hides the physical characteristics of a computing platform from the users, presenting instead an abstract computing platform. At its origins, the software that controlled virtualization was called a "control program", but the terms "hypervisor" or "virtual machine monitor" became preferred over time.
Conteneur (virtualisation)La virtualisation au niveau du système d'exploitation est un paradigme de système d'exploitation (SE) dans lequel le noyau permet l'existence de plusieurs instances d'espace utilisateur isolées, appelées le plus souvent conteneurs (LXC, Solaris containers, Docker, Podman), mais également zones (Solaris containeurs), serveurs privés virtuels (OpenVZ), partitions, environnements virtuels, noyaux virtuels (DragonFly BSD) ou encore prisons (FreeBSD jail ou chroot jail).
Application virtualizationApplication virtualization is a software technology that encapsulates computer programs from the underlying operating system on which they are executed. A fully virtualized application is not installed in the traditional sense, although it is still executed as if it were. The application behaves at runtime like it is directly interfacing with the original operating system and all the resources managed by it, but can be isolated or sandboxed to varying degrees.
Machine virtuellethumb|Machine virtuelle des assistants personnels Palm. En informatique, une machine virtuelle (anglais virtual machine, abr. VM) est d'un appareil informatique créée par un logiciel d'émulation ou instanciée sur un hyperviseur. Le logiciel d'émulation simule la présence de ressources matérielles et logicielles telles que la mémoire, le processeur, le disque dur, voire le système d'exploitation et les pilotes, permettant d'exécuter des programmes dans les mêmes conditions que celles de la machine simulée.
Full virtualizationIn computer science, full virtualization (fv) employs techniques used to create instances of an environment, as opposed to simulation, which models the environment; or emulation, which replicates the target environment such as certain kinds of virtual machine environments. Full virtualization requires that every salient feature of the hardware be reflected into one of several virtual machines – including the full instruction set, input/output operations, interrupts, memory access, and whatever other elements are used by the software that runs on the bare machine, and that is intended to run in a virtual machine.
Hardware-assisted virtualizationIn computing, hardware-assisted virtualization is a platform virtualization approach that enables efficient full virtualization using help from hardware capabilities, primarily from the host processors. A full virtualization is used to emulate a complete hardware environment, or virtual machine, in which an unmodified guest operating system (using the same instruction set as the host machine) effectively executes in complete isolation. Hardware-assisted virtualization was added to x86 processors (Intel VT-x, AMD-V or VIA VT) in 2005, 2006 and 2010 (respectively).
Object storageObject storage (also known as object-based storage) is a computer data storage that manages data as objects, as opposed to other storage architectures like which manages data as a file hierarchy, and block storage which manages data as blocks within sectors and tracks. Each object typically includes the data itself, a variable amount of metadata, and a globally unique identifier. Object storage can be implemented at multiple levels, including the device level (object-storage device), the system level, and the interface level.
X86 virtualizationx86 virtualization is the use of hardware-assisted virtualization capabilities on an x86/x86-64 CPU. In the late 1990s x86 virtualization was achieved by complex software techniques, necessary to compensate for the processor's lack of hardware-assisted virtualization capabilities while attaining reasonable performance. In 2005 and 2006, both Intel (VT-x) and AMD (AMD-V) introduced limited hardware virtualization support that allowed simpler virtualization software but offered very few speed benefits.
Data storageData storage is the recording (storing) of information (data) in a storage medium. Handwriting, phonographic recording, magnetic tape, and optical discs are all examples of storage media. Biological molecules such as RNA and DNA are considered by some as data storage. Recording may be accomplished with virtually any form of energy. Electronic data storage requires electrical power to store and retrieve data. Data storage in a digital, machine-readable medium is sometimes called digital data.
