11.3. Virtualization and Scaling
In Chapter 1, in the section "Virtualization and the Hypervisor" you learned about the Viridian project and the resulting Microsoft server virtualization technologies from an architectural perspective. Some of the promised virtualization technologies that are part of Windows Server 2008's internal architecture are enabled by the hypervisor add-on to Windows Server 2008–now branded as Hyper-V. Hyper-V adds a modest additional cost to Windows Server 2008, and provides the enablement of many of the technologies described in the sections that follow.
Virtualization is an important area to enterprises because it allows organizations to:
Maximize the usage of their servers
Test and isolate applications in virtual machines ...
Get Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008: Implementation and Administration now with the O’Reilly learning platform.
O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.
