2Introduction to Server Virtualization and the VMware Product Line

CERTIFICATION OBJECTIVES

2.01 Introduction to Server Virtualization

2.02 Hosted Versus Bare-Metal Virtualization Solutions

2.03 Introduction to the VMware Product Line

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In this chapter 1 introduce the concept of server virtualization and discuss its advantages and disadvantages. Once you understand why you may want to use virtualization, I’ll describe the different types of solutions and list the advantages and disadvantages of each. Then we’ll take a look at the different product offerings from VMware to perform server virtualization and give a brief ...

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