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virtualization stack

What is virtualization stack?

A virtualization stack is the collection of resources that, along with the hypervisor, make up the Microsoft Hyper-V environment.

In a computing context, a stack is an ordered pile. Components of the virtualization stack in Hyper-V include virtual machine processes, emulated devices, management services and the user interface.

Related glossary terms: GSX Server, root partition, SPARC (Scalable Processor Architecture) , systems management, virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI), virtual private server (VPS) or virtual dedicated server (VDS), live migration, physical to virtual (P2V) , Our Favorite Technology Blogs, Parallel Virtual Machine (PVM)

This was last updated in January 2010

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