Virtualization and Forensics

2 Server Virtualization

Information in This Chapter

• • What Is Server Virtualization?
• • Differences between Desktop and Server Virtualization
• • Common Virtual Servers

Server virtualization is the forerunner in the adoption of virtualization, primarily because of the visible benefits of consolidation, reduced operating expenditure, and limited impact on user operations. In 2008, about 25 percent of servers sold were virtualization enabled, and that percentage is increasing rapidly as computing power increases, and budgets are reduced. With hypervisors available for low cost, as well as improved management tools for managing both physical and virtual servers, this figure is expected to grow to about 60 percent in a few years (Frost & Sullivan, ...