Chapitre 1. Introducing virtualization in RHEL
If you are unfamiliar with the concept of virtualization or its implementation in Linux, the following sections provide a general overview of virtualization in RHEL 9: its basics, advantages, components, and other possible virtualization solutions provided by Red Hat.
1.1. What is virtualization?
RHEL 9 provides the virtualization functionality, which enables a machine running RHEL 9 to host multiple virtual machines (VMs), also referred to as guests. VMs use the host’s physical hardware and computing resources to run a separate, virtualized operating system (guest OS) as a user-space process on the host’s operating system.
In other words, virtualization makes it possible to have operating systems within operating systems.
VMs enable you to safely test software configurations and features, run legacy software, or optimize the workload efficiency of your hardware. For more information on the benefits, see Advantages of virtualization.
For more information on what virtualization is, see the Virtualization topic page.
Prochaines étapes
- To start using virtualization in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9, see Enabling virtualization in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.
- In addition to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 virtualization, Red Hat offers a number of specialized virtualization solutions, each with a different user focus and features. For more information, see Red Hat virtualization solutions.