Introduction
Why should you learn about VMware vSphere? Although the concept of virtualization has been around since the days of mainframe computing, VMware was and is the company that made virtualization a mainstay in the x86/x64 space. Originally, VMware introduced a desktop virtualization product called Workstation followed by the server virtualization products GSX and ESX and a datacenter management product called VirtualCenter. Today, the ESX and VirtualCenter products have converged into the vSphere platform. This platform allows IT administrators to get greater utilization out of existing physical servers and reduce the overall datacenter footprint, sometimes by 50 percent or more. It also provides features to allow for high availability ...
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