INSTANT-ON COMPUTING SYSTEM

摘要

A hypervisor loads a saved virtual machine image to provide an instant-on computing environment. A request may be received to switch from the instant-on computing environment to a native operating system. In response to such a request, the native operating system is executed and a hypervisor is executed on the native operating system. The saved virtual machine image is then loaded by the operating system based hypervisor to thereby provide the instant-on computing environment in conjunction with execution of the native operating system.