Virtual Box Interview Question:

Tell me is it possible to run VirtualBox without the need of any operating system like VMWare ESX server?

Submitted by: Administrator

VirtualBox is a type-2 hypervisor and VMWare ESX server is type-1 hypervisor that runs as a bare metal (i.e. directly as an OS). Virtualbox is a standalone software that is used to run on an OS and uses the system kernel to communicate with the applications. The work is in process and Sun microsystem working on the VirtualBox that can run as OS and it is named as xVM server.
Submitted by: Administrator