

Without the requirement for a main operating system, bare-metal embedded hypervisors can operate directly on a server’s hardware.

The ESX/ESXi bare-metal hypervisor in x86 architecture is the foundation for VMware’s virtualization products. VMware is currently a Dell Technologies subsidiary, having been founded in 1998.

VMware is a software company located in Palo Alto that specializes in virtualization and cloud computing. There are, however, a plethora of cheaper VMware alternatives for a range of systems, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Android, and BSD. VMware allows you to run different operating systems as virtual machines on a single computer, including Windows VMs.
