PV on HVM - XenWhat is it? PV on HVM is a mixture of paravirtualization and full hardware virtualization. The primary goal of PV on HVM is to boost performance of fully virtualized HVM guests through use of specially optimized paravirtual device drivers (also called PVHVM or PV-on-HVM drivers). The table shows how PV, HVM and PV on HVM compare in terms of virtualization method: Performance PV-on-HVM drivers are
