Chapter 3
Living in a Virtual World
IN THIS CHAPTER
Getting acquainted with virtual servers
Installing Linux in VirtualBox
Creating a Linux virtual machine and installing Linux on a virtual machine
Although the term virtual server sounds an awful lot like air guitar, virtual servers are actually a good thing. They allow you to support multiple guest systems on a single physical machine, saving both space and money. Virtual servers are quickly becoming all the rage in the corporate world, but they can also have a place in the home environment. With virtual servers, you can now install more than one Linux distribution on a single Windows PC, making it a breeze to experiment with Linux distributions!
What Are Virtual Servers?
In this fast-paced world of changing technology, nothing is taken for granted. In the old days, if you needed to run ten separate servers on your network, you had to go out and purchase ten separate hardware systems and place them in a huge data center taking up space.
Nowadays, you have another tool at your disposal: virtual servers. With virtual servers, you can run all ten separate systems on one large hardware server. This saves not only hardware costs, ...
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