MIS 304 Professor Fang Fang Alan Orther
What is Virtualization? How Does it Work? How is it Good for Businesses? Questions?
Today's x86 computer hardware was designed to run a single operating system and a single application. Most machines are vastly underutilized! Virtualization lets you run multiple virtual machines on a single physical machine.
“Virtualize” Hardware CPUCPU RAMRAM Hard DrivesHard Drives Network ControllersNetwork Controllers Virtual Machine Thin Layer of Software on Computer HardwareThin Layer of Software on Computer Hardware Virtualization Software on a Host Operating SystemVirtualization Software on a Host Operating System
Virtualization Pool Infrastructure Resources Reduce Physical Computers / Servers Reduce Power & Cooling Requirements Improve Computer / Server to Admin Ratio Dynamic and Scalable Resource Management Better Security & Less Planned / Unplanned Downtime