VirtualBox vs Hyper-V, What's the Best Virtualization Tool?

[@LotBoy87]

I have used virtualbox, Hyper-V, and VMware workstation player. I like to test them out.

[@rjstewart]

Sure if you run Core in a server environment Hyper-V is not a beginner hypervisor. In reality though someone who wants to run Hyper-V at home on Windows 10 simply goes into Features and turns it on and at that point from their point of view it’s not different than virtual box in concept.

[@anoniemoss3566]

This has been my recent experience just trying to install Ubuntu server 24.04 Virtual Box: Not as fast, but easier to get up and going. Easier to setup networking and port forwarding. Also, if if the session locks up or won't shut down, it's easier to just stop it. Hyper-V: (win 11 pro) It not hard to install, your basically just enabled it as s feature. It is fast. It just seems to lack the configureability of Virtual Box. I had to stop Ubuntu server install mid way through. HyperV would not let me stop the session. I had to use powershell as admin to locate the VM id and kill it that way. If I really needed to run a production use VM I would probably still use this for performance, but as a learning tool to tinker with os distro's its not a great place to start.

[@rahulshah1408]

Hyper v on win 11 is slick and quick.

[@SqueezeOJ]

I've recently ran into a problem running VirtualBox on a Windows 10 Pro machine that also had Hyper-V enabled. In fact, I was forced to remove Hyper-V until a patch is made.

[@i_love_games110]

you cant have hyper v on with any other virtualization software that doesnt use it

[@OWUchii]

you cant have both big bro

[@cycrothelargeplanet]

You can't run any other virtualization software if you have Hyper V enabled

[@demiancoorey2394]

Excellent comparison

[@xali2008]

Is Hyper-V similar to KVM in Linux? does Hyper-V support GPU passthrough?

[@TrustRadius]

Hyper-V does support GPU passthrough, there are a few tutorials online that can walk you through it. I'm not actually familiar with using KVM on Linux myself, so I can't speak to how they compare directly.

[@JNET_Reloaded]

so you wouldnt reccomend hyper-v for linux mint web server then?

[@Excalibear]

Can you do a guide on how to disguise or make Hyper-V stealthy?

[@milomaxim9038]

instablaster

[@brandonreptilianclassiib9271]

Which method would be best to run a software firewall (pfsense?) on a Windows Server with 4 NICs?

[@doctorfresh3856]

Hey! I need help! I am running windows 10 Pro, can install WIndows 7 Ultimate 32bit on Hyper-V?

[@TrustRadius]

As long as you have your installation file, it should be possible as with any virtualization machine. I've heard some limitations around the 32 bit (if you're running a 64 bit machine), but those issues appear isolated to specific situations.

[@chulangjj]

you and goto programs and features in control panel and use turn on or off features

[@Rasthro]

I really thought you needed hyper-v to run any virtual machines on any virtualization software lol so i was dumb enaough and enabled hyper-v

[@janX9]

Virtual machine software will not run on modern versions of Windows without enabling Hyper-V.

[@Rasthro]

@@janX9 I installed VMware and then disabled hyper v cuz VMware does not support hyper v So you don't need hyper v

[@erenyeagersasageyo]

So which virtual machine is best for installing viruses?

[@erenyeagersasageyo]

Please answer

[@raedallo2980]

@@erenyeagersasageyo if you have a high performance on your hardware it is better use virtual box it supports all versions of linux, if you have a computer with lower performance then use Hyper Visor.

[@stinkyrat6063]

Look imo even though i use virtual machines almost every day i never install a virus intentionally due to some viruses being able to breach vms

[@zacharygreen1588]

@@raedallo2980 why would hyperv use more resources dont you allocate specific amounts of hardware usage? Im new to IT so take that in mind lol.

[@zacharygreen1588]

@@raedallo2980 ohh nvm, hyper v is a type 1 hypervisor so it has full control of the systems hardware and vbox is type two so it asks to use a user set amount... so that makes sense

[@notnecessary7730]

Can you run a container in a VB in a HV in a container in a VB in a HV??

[@TrustRadius]

This sounds like inception and I’m only curious if Leonardo DiCaprio would turn up in the end to save us all.

[@notnecessary7730]

@@TrustRadius lol

[@YannMetalhead]

Good video.

[@bigpapikane7170]

I have windows 10 pro, and want to use hyper v, can I install windows XP if I wanted to?

[@TrustRadius]

You can, but you will most likely need to find an ISO Windows XP file to get it up and going. Also be sure to set your virtual graphics, processing, and ram levels.

[@janX9]

Help please. I'm looking to run old software and games on modern hardware and Windows 10. Will W10 Hyper-V work well with Win95 and XP VMs? I've always used VirtualBox in the past. Are there performance or feature caveats between Hyper-V vs VirtualBox?

[@TrustRadius]

They should perform similarly provided you set it up properly to run what you need to. I’m currently using Virtualbox to review software and only hit snags when I didn’t have enough processor or graphics bandwidth set. I’m not sure about Win95, but XP or vista should work well.

[@rui2565]

I use VirtualBox and VMware. VMware performance is better

[@PetritK10]

KVM is the king of virtualization

[@TrustRadius]

Which is the second best? Could be fun to pit them against each other. I haven’t been super impressed with the stability of virtualbox. And I’m on 11th gen and a 3080 with plenty of head room.

[@PetritK10]

@@TrustRadius I have Windows 11 Home, but used a script to crack for HyperV, I've been PopOS user, needed Windows for some personal projects and gaming, virtualbox and VMware not working well, I use Vagrant to automate, I have 32GB RAM, i7 11th gen, 1TB SSD, and RTX 3070, not satisfied with VMware and virtualbox in Windows 11

[@TrustRadius]

That’s not good. I wonder if Hyper V got updated quicker. Wouldn’t be surprised if it did not though. Microsoft is a pretty big fish to have all their smaller products keep up with big releases. Are you liking Windows 11? Haven’t made the jump yet.

[@PetritK10]

@@TrustRadius Windows 11 better than 10, especially in design, also faster

[@Mr.Eminem]

Virtual box is better

[@waredsoussi-ye9uf]

VMware EFI is not logo I don't like VMware

[@nirv]

haha why in the hell do all these people on youtube have speech impediments? Geeshes Hsh.™