Memory Vitualization

Anand Jayaram
Dileep C R
Muhsin V
Virtualization
A technique for hiding the physical
characteristics of computing resources from the
way in which other systems, applications, or end
users interact with those resources
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Types of Virtualization
Language Level Virtualization
OS Level Virtualization
Cross ISA Virtualization

VMM is part of System Level
Virtualization

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Formal Definition of VM
A virtual machine is taken to be an efficient,
isolated duplicate of the real machine.

Characteristics:-
Fidelity
Performance
Safety and Isolation
Virtual Machine Monitor basically controls or
monitors various VMs
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Types of Virtual Machine Monitors
Bare Metal

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HARDWARE
VMM
VM1 OS1
APP1 APP2
VM1
VM1 OS2
APP1 APP2
VM2
Types of Virtual Machine Monitors
Hosted

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HARDWARE
HOST OS
APP1 APP2
VM1 Guest OS
APP3 APP4
Guest VM
VMM
Functions of VMM
Isolation
Portability
Security

CPU Virtualization
Memory Virtualization
I/O Virtualization
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Memory Virtualization
Traditional Address Space
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Current Process OS
Virtual Address
Space
RAM ROM
Physical Address
Space
Paging
Virtualized Address Space

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Memory Virtualization in VMware
Software Based Memory Virtualization
Shadow Page Tables

Hardware Assisted Memory Virtualization
Nested Page Tables
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Memory Virtualization
Use of Shadow Page Tables
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Current Process OS
Virtual Address
Space
Virtual RAM
Virtual
ROM
Physical Address
Space
Guest Page Table
Physical RAM
Physical
ROM
Machine Address
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Memory Virtualization
Use of Nested Page Tables
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Current Process OS
Virtual Address
Space
Virtual RAM
Virtual
ROM
Physical Address
Space
Guest Page Table
Physical RAM
Physical
ROM
Machine Address
Space
VMM Phys Map

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Memory Virtualization
Advantages
Sharing
Isolation
Security
Disadvantages
System Overheads
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VM1

Page Sharing
Virtual
Physical
Machine
Read-Only
Copy-on-wrte
VM2
Virtual
Physical
Thank You
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