8 Free & Best Open source bare metal hypervisors (Foss)

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oVirt

oVirt is an open-source distributed virtualization solution developed for Linux operating systems such as RedHat Enterprise, CentOS, Scientific Linux, Fedora 28, and also available as oVirt Node which is CentOS based. It is a Linux KVM hypervisor designed for enterprise infrastructure.

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Xen

Xen is an open-source software platform or Linux hypervisor distro maintained by the global community of developers It supports virtualization for x86, x86_64, IA64, ARM, and other CPU architectures. The Xen hypervisor is an enterprise-class alternative to proprietary virtualization platforms and hypervisors for x86 and IA64 platforms. Besides the open-source, it also available in the commercial version from Citrix.

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Citrix XenServer

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Oracle VM Server

Oracle VM Server for x86 is a free Type1 virtualization platform that uses open-source Xen hypervisor technology. It is an enterprise-class hypervisor that includes an integrated Web-based management console. One can download it from the official website page Oracle Software Delivery Cloud. Since being a commercial featured product, one needs to create an account on the Oracle website then only he can get the ISO file of this bare-metal hypervisor.

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Kernel Virtual Machine

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Proxmox VE

The Proxmox Open-Source Virtualization Platform has a monolithic system that provides three major functionalities of computing, network, and storage in a single package. It offers both command line and graphical user interface to control, deploy, destroy, monitor, and manage containers and virtual machines. Scalable and easy to use option for data centers, one must try it once.

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openvz.livejournal.com OpenVZ

So, what exactly is it, the OpenVZ is a free and open-source offered by Virtuozzo, now. It comes with an ability to create multiple virtual machines in an isolated Linux container. This means the admin can treat each container as a standalone server. All the containers can reboot independently on a single physical server just like we do in VES and VPS environments provided by different cloud hosting companies. OpenVZ is also a Linux hypervisor distro available for bare metal installation. OpenVZ provides a web interface.

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Triton SmartOS

SmartOS is a free and open-source SVR4 hypervisor based on the UNIX operating system that combines OpenSolaris technology with Linux’s KVM virtualization. It employs NetBSD pkgsrc package management.

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VMware ESXi

Note: VMware ESXi is not a FOSS project but free to download and use. It is here just for knowledge…

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