1. Utilizing your experience, find four different Type-2 hypervisor solutions. What differences do they have? Why would you choose one over another?
2. Hypervisors for server virtualization are just one use for this technology. With microprocessors in many of todays smart devices, where else might a hypervisor and multiple guests be used?
3. Corporations often have to balance wants and needs based on real-world constraints such as financial budgets and the experience of their personnel. How would you convince your manager who wanted a less-expensive, good enough virtualization solution to acquire a fuller featured solution that would cost more?
4. How might you convince your manager who wanted to acquire a more expensive, fuller featured virtualization solution to save some money and acquire a good enough solution?
5. Are there any advantages to physical servers that would preclude someone from using virtual machines?
6. At what point do you think the inherent cost savings and manageability advantages that virtual machines provide would outweigh the physical server advantages you listed?
7. Utilizing various resources, investigate the amount and type of virtual appliances that are available for download.
   • What different formats are available?
   • Are they all available in OVF format? Why or why not do you think this is true?
   • Examine the OVF standard document.
   • What are the requirements for the VM files to meet the OVF standard? Are they simple or complex?