I will be describing a Term – Computer Virtualization; exploring what it is and what benefit is reaped in the real world. [1] Computer Virtualization transforms server hardware into software. Using software to transform, or “virtualizes” the hardware resources of a server—including the CPU, RAM, hard disk and network controller—to create fully functional virtual machines that can run their own operating systems(OS) and applications(apps).
Multiple virtual machines share hardware resources without interfering with each other so several operating systems and applications can run at the same time on a single server. This reduces the amount of hardware, power and storage space required to run multiple servers by a substantial percentage, which in turn reduces costs.
Most computer users, in the office or at home, are using a computer that runs one OS. Whether you are using a Mac, Linux or Windows computer you have the ability to run a 2nd, 3rd or more OS’s.
What is Virtualization? A company that specializes in leasing servers to small companies defines it as [1] “Today’s powerful server hardware was originally designed to run only a single operating system (ie. Windows, Mac, Linux) and a single application, but virtualization breaks that bond, making it possible to run multiple operating systems and multiple applications on the same server at the same time, increasing the utilization and flexibility of hardware while minimizing overhead and related costs.”
Virtualization is a technology that can benefit anyone who uses a server, from IT professionals and computing enthusiasts to commercial businesses and government organizations.” Though home and office users do not use servers, the same can be said about home computers as w...
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...our host allowing you to now run up to seven (7) virtual machines inside your host. FYI: OS Licenses – you will need a license for each Virtual Machine (VM) you plan to run. Even though each VM is, in fact virtual, Microsoft and Mac still require you to obtain a license for each instance. Linux’ license is open source and free.
The Tools: You will need either VMware or Microsoft Virtual PC; both are free. Download, save energy and enjoy.
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This will allow PVM to reduce network usage and improve server performance and data share between servers. One benefit of having multiple servers is if one server breaks down, other server are able to handle the data therefore important information will not be lost. Furthermore staffs are able to access information easier and fast. This will mean it is easy to locate and track information which is needed. One drawback is in the short term is can be very expensive to run multiple servers .Another drawback of having multiple servers at Pvms is it will require skill professional IT staff to run the server therefore staff will need to be retrain to use the new servers which may take time and have high training cost. Lastly a drawback for Pvms is viruses can spread to other servers within
Virtualizing your server lets you run different Operating Systems, such as Windows and Linux, in different virtual servers on the same physical server. Once you have one virtual server configured, you can use that same configuration to set up new virtual servers, which takes just a few minutes. Compared to the hours it takes to configure a new physical server, server virtualization is far more efficient (Marshall, 2011).
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For that hardware virtualisation is more beneficial to handle all servers together and provide data from data centre of server to user virtual desktop.
As the internet is becoming faster and faster, an operating system (OS) is needed to manage the data in computers. An Operating system can be considered to be a set of programed codes that are created to control hardware such as computers. In 1985 Windows was established as an operating system and a year earlier Mac OS was established, and they have dominated the market of the computer programs since that time. Although, many companies have provided other operating systems, most users still prefer Mac as the most secured system and windows as it provides more multiple functions. This essay will demonstrate the differences between windows
As we all know virtualization is the requirement of future. We have evolved from the age of traditional environment to virtual environment.We have grown accustomed to almost all things virtual from virtual memory to virtual networks to virtual storage.The most widely leveraged benefit of virtualization technology is server consolidation, enabling one server to take on the workloads of multiple servers. For example, by consolidating a branch office’s print server, fax server, exchange server, and web server on a single windows server, businesses reduce the costs of hardware, maintenance, and staffing.
The reason for this rapid adoption is Linux’s unique ability to provide powerful functionality, security, compatibility, customization at a more cost-effective price than proprietary vendors. In its inception, there were many perceived concerns to utilizing Linux in a corporate infrastructure.
Virtualization is commonly applied to physical hardware resources by combining multiple physical resources into shared pools from which users receive virtual resources. Virtualization software such as VMWare acts as a layer between a computer's primary OS and the virtual OS; allows the virtual system the ability to access the computer's storage space, memory, CPU, NIC, and other physical assets just like the primary OS. Virtual resources can have features or functions that are unavailable in their underlying physical resources. By partitioning one physical server into several virtual machines (VM), individual VM can interact independently with other applications, devices, data, and users as though it were a separate physical resource. Essentially, machine virtualization helps maximize hardware use by aggregating more applications and services onto fewer pieces of hardware, while maintaining operating system separation. Virtualization helps IT administrators make better use of the physical resources, without compromising the original intent of keeping services isolated. Different VMs can run different operating systems and multiple applications while sharing the resources of a single physical computer. ...
Virtualization technologies provide isolation of operating systems from hardware. This separation enables hardware resource sharing. With virtualization, a system pretends to be two or more of the same system [23]. Most modern operating systems contain a simplified system of virtualization. Each running process is able to act as if it is the only thing running. The CPUs and memory are virtualized. If a process tries to consume all of the CPU, a modern operating system will pre-empt it and allow others their fair share. Similarly, a running process typically has its own virtual address space that the operating system maps to physical memory to give the process the illusion that it is the only user of RAM.
The fundamental idea behind a virtual machine is to remove the hardware of a single computer and make it a self-contained operating environment that behaves as it is a separate computer. Essentially, the virtual machine is software that executes an application and isolates it from the actual operating system and hardware. CPU scheduling and virtual-memory techniques are used so that an operating system can create the illusion that a process has its own processor with its own (virtual) memory. The virtual machine provides the ability to share the same hardware yet run several different operating systems concurrently, as shown in Figure 2-11.
[9] Aun Haider, Richard Potter, Akihiro Nakao- “ Challenges in Resource Allocation in Network Virtualization”- at 20th ITC seminar,18-20, May 2009.
[10] Bobcares, “Physical Vs Virtual server : Which one should you choose?” http://bobcares.com/blog/virtualization-or-physical-server/#sthash.C0uX5FS7.dpuf” 2011. [Online]. Available: http://bobcares.com/blog/virtualization-or-physical-server/ [Accessed March 23, 2014].
and distributing it or installing more than one copy of one piece of software on
An Operating system is system software that controls the system’s hardware that interacts with users and the application software. As we all may know, Windows Microsoft has always been a commercial high-level sale in the retail industry and an in domain operating system used today. But there are more operating systems than just Windows Microsoft than the general population may assume. Linux is another well-known operating systems, which is free and open-source software. Linux is also used in companies we would have never thought of like Google, NASA, USPS, Amazon and many more companies. Linux and Microsoft operating systems have been in competition to see which one is the best operating system in the market. There are so many resemblances
...tecture for scalability and availability as the public cloud but is restricted to a single organization.