A taxonomy of virtualization technologies
P.E. Kampert · 2010
Contemporary organizations have access to a swiftly expanding selection of computing, storage and networking technologies. A remarkable trend of the past decennium is the advent of virtualization technologies. In this period, many IT companies shifted their attention to virtualization. This has led to the development of many types of virtualization technologies. In this report, a taxonomy model has been made in which virtualization technologies have been structured. In the taxonomy model, a virtual server architecture is displayed, showing the various layers of hardware, software and their relation with the virtualization domains. A case study was conducted with well-known virtualization vendors to evaluate the taxonomy model and at the same time identify the main virtualization trends.