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Friday Nov 14, 2008

Virtualization for dummies

Virtualization is one of those buzzwords that is being freely floated around the industry left and right, and can mean so many different things to so many different people. Virtualization technology is a way of making a physical computer function as if it were two or more computers or even a totally different computer altogether.Growing user demand for 24/7 access to fast-response systems stretches the capabilities of any datacenter. Server virtualization can help you meet that demand by enabling servers to run multiple operating systems and multiple applications. With virtualization, datacenters can grow so quickly and cost-effectively that you may not even need more hardware, space, cooling capacity, or electricity to meet that growing demand.

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