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[[File:Xen-project-logo.png|thumb|The Xen Project Logo]]
[[File:Xen-project-logo.png|thumb|The Xen Project Logo]]
The <strong>[https://xenproject.org/ Xen Project Hypervisor]</strong> is an open-source type-1 virtual machine manager, which allows multiple virtual machines, known as domains, to run concurrently with the host on the physical machine. This is unlike a typical type-2 hypervisor, such as [[QEMU]], where the virtual machines run as applications on top of the host. NixOS runs as the privileged <b>Domain 0</b>, and can paravirtualise or fully virtualise Unprivileged Domains (<code>domUs</code>).
The '''[https://xenproject.org/ {{PAGENAME}}]''' ([[wikipedia:en:Xen]]) is an open-source type-1 virtual machine manager, which allows multiple virtual machines, known as domains, to run concurrently with the host on the physical machine. This is unlike a typical type-2 hypervisor, such as [[QEMU]], where the virtual machines run as applications on top of the host. NixOS runs as the privileged <b>Domain 0</b>, and can paravirtualise or fully virtualise Unprivileged Domains (<code>domUs</code>).


Xen is well-known for its [https://xenbits.xenproject.org/xsa impeccable security record], and is the go-to solution for hyper-scale cloud infrastructures.
Xen is well-known for its [https://xenbits.xenproject.org/xsa impeccable security record], and is the go-to solution for hyper-scale cloud infrastructures.