Virtual Machines Benefits of Virtual Machines: Presented by Hafiz Sharukh BS (IT) Computer Science Department Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Benefits of virtualization Virtual PC provides a time-saving and cost- saving solution anywhere users must run multiple operating systems. Use Virtual PC in the following scenarios:
Ease Migration Run legacy applications in a virtual machine instead of delaying the deployment of a new operating system just because of application incompatibility. Test your migration plans using virtual machines instead of actual physical computers.
Do More in Less Time Support staff can run multiple operating systems on a single physical computer and switch between them easily. They can also restore virtual machines to their previous state almost instantly.
Streamline Deployment Test software on different operating systems more easily. One crashing application or operating system doesn't affect others.
Accelerate Development Increase quality assurance by testing and documenting your software on multiple operating systems using virtual machines. Decrease time-to-market by reducing reconfiguration time
Security Different security requirements in different virtual machines. Every virtual machine has its own security.
Reliability and availability A software failure in a virtual machine does not affect other virtual machines.
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