June 2013
Intermediate to advanced
900 pages
26h 24m
English
book
Data Center Virtualization Fundamentals: Understanding Techniques and Designs for Highly Efficient Data Centers with Cisco Nexus, UCS, MDS, and Beyond, First Edition
by Gustavo A. A. Santana
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Chapter 1. Virtualization History and Definitions
“Half the work that is done in the world is to make things appear what they are not.” (E. R. Beadle)
Putting it bluntly, virtualization is deception.
Even if we refuse to believe it, fabrication, faking, and feigning are just as much a part of our lives as creation and originality. In truth, entire arts and sciences are solely dedicated to the manipulation of perception.
Nevertheless, with the dissemination of personal computing, the overloaded term virtualization has escaped the technical jargon to invade common language, popular culture, and philosophy. Since the early days of the Internet boom in the 1990s, it has become a complete cliché (or simply lazy writing) to name any web-related activity ...
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