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ELi5: What does the term “bare metal” refer to when it comes to virtual machines? To me, it just sounds like having two different operating systems on the same computer that you can switch between on the boot screen.

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Someone PLEASE explain to me what bare metal is and why I keep hearing about bare metal hypervisors.

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Anonymous Posted May 2, 2022 0 Comments

The term “bare metal” refers to a physical computer server, as opposed to a virtual server.

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