What are the benefits of virtualization? PDF Print E-mail
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Tuesday, 18 May 2010 19:49
Here are some of the advantages of what virtualization can do for you:

  1. Multiple machines (virtual) while on a physical machine. A typical example is to have Windows XP, an old Windows 98 and Linux distribution you're still testing the three on a host running Windows Vista, Ubuntu Linux or Mac OS. Yes, you will have all three systems simultaneously on the same screen, keyboard and mouse as if they were three PCs in one.
  2. Saving physical space. If you had several PCs with all cables, screens and keyboards now only have one that will hold the rest.
  3. Share hardware resources. Virtualization allows you to maximize the performance of the host PC and share them with your virtual machines.
  4. Most home computers and workstations underused resources. This means that not all the time using 100% CPU or memory. The virtualization technology allows real time sharing those resources so that the RAM that frees up a machine can be used by another in need.
  5. Energy conservation. Nothing to say that in this case plug a single computer (the host) and your screen. Remember that all virtual systems running inside it.
  6. Rapid cloning of environments. Need a disposable XP? ... Clone a virtual machine is as easy as doubling the directory that contains it and incorporate it into the catalog server environment running virtual machines. You can have 'virtual machines base' that
  7. Easy transfer of location. Everything you need to boot virtual machine is usually in a single directory. Moving (or copying) that directory to another host that supports the same format allows us to move it at the same time it takes for your GB transferred over the network.
  8. Prolong the life of legacy systems. It is typical to have an old program that only was on an old PC with MS-DOS or Windows 98 about to be destroyed. On many occasions, virtualization will enable us to keep this many years.
  9. Test environments. How many times dirty your system by installing the latest version of a program that interfered with other software that worked perfectly and no longer start? Many times we do our testing in virtualized environments without fear of damaging anything.
  10. Specific dedicated environments. You can have a router / firewall virtual, server, VPN, or virtual machine dedicated solely to P2P downloads without the risk of contagion. The possibilities are endless ...
  11. Cheaper costs finally the strongest reason is the cost savings derived from lower spending on 'iron', physical space, power and management time.

 

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