Virtualization
What is Virtualization?
Virtualization is software technology which uses a physical resource such as a server and divides it up into virtual resources called virtual machines (VM’s). Virtualization allows users to consolidate physical resources, simplify deployment and administration, and reduce power and cooling requirements. While virtualization technology is most popular in the server world, virtualization technology is also being used in data storage such as Storage Area Networks, and inside of operating systems such as Windows Server 2008 with Hyper-V.
Some popular virtualization products include : –
VMWARE
VirtualBox
Parallels for Mac
Microsoft Hyper-V
Top 5 Reasons to Adopt Virtualization
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Get more out of your existing resources: Pool common infrastructure resources and break the legacy “one application to one server” model with server consolidation.
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Reduce datacenter costs by reducing your physical infrastructure and improving your server to admin ratio: Fewer servers and related IT hardware means reduced real estate and reduced power and cooling requirements. Better management tools let you improve your server to admin ratio so personnel requirements are reduced as well.
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Increase availability of hardware and applications for improved business continuity: Securely backup and migrate entire virtual environments with no interruption in service. Eliminate planned downtime and recover immediately from unplanned issues.
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Gain operational flexibility: Respond to market changes with dynamic resource management, faster server provisioning and improved desktop and application deployment.
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Improve desktop manageability and security: Deploy, manage and monitor secure desktop environments that users can access locally or remotely, with or without a network connection, on almost any standard desktop, laptop or tablet PC.
High Performance
High Availability
Disaster Recovery
Cost Reductions
Flexibility
