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Is it the same for hyper v hypervisor?
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<blockquote>To setup a virtual host, Is it good to install the hypervisor to USB flash drive or SD flash card instead of hard disk of a physical server?</blockquote>Sure. No doubts. I wouldn't use anything else.<br><br>If you can choose, use SD flash card since there might be an issue with USB flash drive and newer firmware.
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> To setup a virtual host, Is it good to install the hypervisor to USB flash drive or SD flash card instead of hard disk of a physical server?

Sure. No doubts. I wouldn't use anything else.

If you can choose, use SD flash card since there might be an issue with USB flash drive and newer firmware.

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Hyper-V Server _can_ be installed on USB stick, but <strong>you really shouldn't</strong>. It requires certified Windows-to-Go media, which basically doesn't exist anymore and costs more than SATA DOM and small SATA SSD. It is only supported if supplied by your OEM, and no tier 1 OEM supported USB storage for Hyper-V Server last time I checked.
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Hyper-V Server _can_ be installed on USB stick, but you really shouldn't. It requires certified Windows-to-Go media, which basically doesn't exist anymore and costs more than SATA DOM and small SATA SSD. It is only supported if supplied by your OEM, and no tier 1 OEM supported USB storage for Hyper-V Server last time I checked.

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Casey Weaver

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Note that this thread is old, and VMware guidance has changed, and USB boot and SD boot are no longer recommend.<br><br><a href="https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/85685" rel="ugc nofollow">https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/85685</a>
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Note that this thread is old, and VMware guidance has changed, and USB boot and SD boot are no longer recommend.

https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/85685 [https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/85685]

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To setup a virtual host, Is it good to install the hypervisor to USB flash drive or SD flash card instead of hard disk of a physical server? Any concern about this? Is all common server band, such as dell, hpe, lenova servers support this function?
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To setup a virtual host, Is it good to install the hypervisor to USB flash drive or SD flash card instead of hard disk of a physical server? Any concern about this? Is all common server band, such as dell, hpe, lenova servers support this function?

Good to install hypervisor on USB?

Servers are computing devices that are similar to desktop computers in that they have the same basic components, but are significantly different in size, configuration and purpose. Servers are usually accessed over a network, and many run unattended, without a computer monitor, input device, audio hardware or USB interfaces. Many servers do not have a graphical user interface (GUI), and are configured and managed remotely. Servers typically include hardware redundancy such as dual power supplies, RAID disk systems, and ECC memory, along with extensive pre-boot memory testing and verification. Critical components might be hot swappable, and to guard against overheating, servers might have more powerful fans or use water cooling.

Server Hardware

Virtualization is the act of creating a virtual (rather than actual) version of something, including (but not limited to) a virtual computer hardware platform, operating system (OS), storage device, or computer network resources. Virtualization is usually the creation of a system that executes separate from the underlying hardware resources, or the creation of an entire desktop for systems located elsewhere, similar to thin clients.

Virtualization

Hyper-V is a native hypervisor; it can create virtual machines on x86-64 systems and supersedes Windows Virtual PC as the hardware virtualization component of the client editions of Windows NT. A server computer running Hyper-V can be configured to expose individual virtual machines to one or more networks. Hyper-V Server supports remote access via Remote Desktop Connection. Administration and configuration of the host OS and the guest virtual machines is generally done over the network.

Hyper-V

VMware, a software company founded in 1998,  was one of the first commercially successful companies to offer x86 virtualization. The storage company EMC purchased VMware in 1994. Dell Technologies acquired EMC in 2016. VMware’s parent company is now Dell Technologies.

VMware has many software products that run on desktops, Microsoft Windows, Linux, and macOS, which allows the virtualizing of the x86 architecture.  Its enterprise software hypervisor for servers, VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi), is a bare-metal hypervisor that runs directly on the server hardware and does not require an additional underlying operating system.