Chapter 1. Virtualization: The New World Order?
“It is not the strongest of the species that survives nor the most intelligent but the one most responsive to change.”
—Charles Darwin
This chapter is about a new computing paradigm where your SQL Server databases are virtualized. In this chapter, we discuss what it means to break the tether of the database from the physical server. We use real-world examples to demonstrate how a virtualized database will better enable you to respond to the needs of your business, day in and day out.
Virtualization: The New World Order
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