VMware ESXi
Virtualization
Official Website →VMware ESXi is a Type 1 bare-metal hypervisor that forms the foundation of VMware’s virtualization platform, widely deployed in enterprise data centers globally.
Key Features
- Bare-Metal Architecture - Direct hardware access for maximum performance
- vMotion - Live migration of running VMs
- High Availability - Automatic VM restart on host failure
- Distributed Resource Scheduler - Automatic load balancing
- vSAN - Software-defined storage integration
Security Features
- vSphere Trust Authority - Hardware and software attestation
- VM Encryption - Encryption of VM files and vMotion traffic
- Secure Boot - UEFI Secure Boot for VMs and hypervisor
- Role-Based Access Control - Granular permissions management
- Audit Logging - Comprehensive activity tracking
Use Cases
- Enterprise data center virtualization
- Private cloud infrastructure
- Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)
- Development and test environments
- Disaster recovery and business continuity