Performance testing of virtualization systems on the assembly of different guest prefabricated systems.

The methodology for testing the performance of virtualization systems when using different guest operating systems is discussed in this article. A cross-platform program with 14 tests was developed for performance testing. Three virtualization systems were tested: Oracle Virtual Box, VMware Workstation, and Microsoft Hyper-V. The program was tested on two different guest operating systems: Windows and Ubuntu. Testing has revealed that when the Ubuntu guest operating system is used, the performance of the virtualization systems under consideration is roughly the same. In terms of test execution speed, the VMware Workstation hypervisor outperforms other virtualization systems when running on Windows. In general, the runtime of tests on Ubuntu was significantly shorter than on Windows across all virtualization systems. The test execution time on the host operating system Windows and the guest operating system Windows were compared. Test execution time on the host is roughly twice that of the guest operating system. If the test program performs a large number of arithmetic operations, the performance hit is reduced. When the test program works intensively with memory, performance suffers significantly. This is true for all virtualization systems under consideration. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]