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16
Virtualizing Resources
for the Cloud
Mohammad Hammoud and Majd F. Sakr
CONTENTS
16.1 Why Virtualization? .................................................................................... 497
16.1.1 Enabling the Cloud Computing System Model .............................. 497
16.1.2 Elasticity .........................................................................................498
16.1.3 Resource Sandboxing .....................................................................498
16.1.4 Improved System Utilization and Reduced Costs and Energy
Consumption ...................................................................................