Other Features
| Name | Can boot an OS on another disk partition as guest | USB support | GUI | Live memory allocation | 3D acceleration | Snapshots per VM | Snapshot of running system | Live migration | Shared folders | Shared clipboard | PCI passthrough |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KVM | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (via AIGLX) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| User Mode Linux | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | N/A | |||
| DosBox | No | No | SVN builds only | No | Glide 3Dfx (SVN builds only) | No | Yes | No | No | No | No
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| Oracle VirtualBox-OSE (GPLv2) | Yes | USB 1.1, USB 2 requires extension pack | Yes | Yes | OpenGL 2.0 and Direct3D 8/9 | Yes branched | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Linux only |
| Oracle VirtualBox-PUEL (pre-compiled, not free) | Yes | USB 2.0 | Yes | Yes | OpenGL 2.0 and Direct3D 8/9 | Yes branched | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
| Oracle VM Server for SPARC | Yes | USB 2.0 | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
| Virtual Iron 4.2 | Yes | ||||||||||
| Virtual PC 2007 | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | |||
| Windows Virtual PC | No | partially | Yes | ||||||||
| VirtualPC 7 for Mac | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | |||||
| Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 | No | Yes | No | No | ? | Yes | No | ||||
| Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 | Yes | Partial support over remote desktop connections | Yes | Yes | DirectX 9.0c (via RemoteFX) | branched | Yes | Yes | No | ||
| Virtuozzo | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | |||||
| VMware ESX Server 3.0 atp | Yes | No | ? | Yes | Yes | No | |||||
| VMware ESX Server 2.5.3 | Yes | No | No | ||||||||
| VMware ESX Server 4.0 (vSphere) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| VMware Fusion 2.0 | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | DirectX 9 Shader model 2 | No | No | ||||
| VMware Server | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | 1 | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | |
| VMware Workstation 5.5 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Experimental support for DirectX 8; also supported with VMGL | Yes branched | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No |
| VMware Workstation 6.0 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Experimental support for DirectX 8; Also supported with VMGL | Yes branched | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No |
| VMware Workstation 7.0 and 8.0 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Support for DirectX 9.0c Shader Model 3 and OpenGL 2.13D. | Yes branched | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No |
| VMware Player | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | supported with VMGL | No | No | No | Yes | No | |
| Wind River hypervisor | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | |||||
| Wind River VxWorks MILS Platform | Yes | ||||||||||
| Xen | Yes | Yes | Yes | Supported with VMGL | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
| Xvisor | boot Guest from FLASH | possible with pass-through | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| z/VM | Yes | Not applicable | with add-ons | Yes | No | Yes (2011) | |||||
| z LPARs | Yes | Not applicable | Yes | Yes | No | Yes (2007) | |||||
| Zones | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | ||||
| Name | Can boot an OS on another disk partition as guest | USB | GUI | Live memory allocation | 3D acceleration | Snapshots per VM | Snapshot of running system | Live migration | Shared folders | Shared clipboard | PCI passthrough |
- ^ Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 and Windows 7 SP1 have limited support for redirecting the USB protocol over RDP using RemoteFX.
- ^ Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 adds accelerated graphics support for certain editions of Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 and Windows 7 SP1 using RemoteFX.
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