This article is about the pros and cons of Dual Boot and Virtualization
Dual Boot
Dual boot term basically refers to “2 operating systems in one PC” i.e you can run 2 Operating systems in one Laptop and use both the operating systems functionalities.
Example: PC in the above picture runs an operating system “Windows 10” and Laptop runs an operating system “Ubuntu” . So if you want to use both the operating systems in one system i.e just in the laptop then that’s where Dual boot comes in the play.
You can install both the operating systems in the Laptop by merging your Hard disk into different drives and installing each operating system into different drives.
Pro’s of Dual Boot
→You can use both OS Functionalities freely
→Less resource overhead
Con’s of Dual Boot
→You cannot use both OS at the same time
→Not so easy to set up for beginners
→Inconvenient for fast usage and removal
So How can we remove the Con’s of Dual boot and be productive ? We can then use Virtualization to assist us.
Virtualization
Virtualization is the process of running an Operating System inside a HyperVisor. The Operating systems installed inside a HyperVisor are called Virtual machines.
Hypervisors commonly used for daily use : Virtual box , VMWare (Type 2)
We can use Virtual box to host our Virtual machines i.e we can install an operating system like Ubuntu or Debian etc inside the Virtual box and always delete it when the work is completed.
Pro’s of Virtualization
→You can run different OS at same time.
→Fast and very convenient to use.
→Easy to setup.
Con’s of Virtualization
→Resources are shared so a proper ram and storage needs to be assigned for each VM.
→Scalability issues for large virtualization networks.
→Can have high cost of implementation.
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