June 2011
Intermediate to advanced
576 pages
13h 14m
English
Server virtualization provides the ability to use a single physical host computer for the execution of multiple, isolated, purely software-based computers, known as virtual machines. Although the concept of server virtualization has existed for a long time, going as far back as the heydays of mainframe computing, in recent time it has gained more momentum as a tool that allows for the simplification of IT operations. Today, server virtualization allows organizations to consolidate their physical hardware infrastructures by running multiple, isolated, virtual machines on the same physical machines. Furthermore, virtualization also simplifies administration of development, staging, ...
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