Virtualization is the creation of a virtual (rather than actual) version of something, such as an Operating System, a Server, a Storage device or Network resources.
In computing, virtualization means to create a virtual version of a device or resource, such as a server, storage device, network or even an operating system where the framework divides the resource into one or more execution environments. Even something as simple as partitioning a hard drive is considered virtualization because you take one drive and partition it to create two separate hard drives. Devices, applications and human users are able to interact with the virtual resource as if it were a real single logical resource
VMWare's interesting Video demonstrating what is Virtualization in a real IT enterprise
Friday, February 9, 2007
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