What is a key benefit of using hypervisors in an IaaS environment?

Hypervisors in an IaaS environment enable the support and management of large numbers of virtual machines, allowing for efficient resource allocation and scalability.

Here are some examples of hypervisors:

  • VMware vSphere/ESXi: VMware vSphere is a popular enterprise-level virtualization platform that includes VMware ESXi, a bare-metal hypervisor.
  • Microsoft Hyper-V: Hyper-V is a hypervisor developed by Microsoft and is available as a standalone product or as a component of Windows Server operating systems.