Infrastructure components form the backbone of the information technology stack. Infrastructure can be physical or virtual. A physical infrastructure consists of computers, routers, switches, disks, and so forth. In contrast, a virtual infrastructure divides the physical components into smaller portions and presents them to your software applications. Virtualization software accomplishes this division of physical resources into virtual.
Traditionally, ...
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