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Old 07-04-09   #1 (permalink)
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Default Virtualization... please explain to me

in the past month everywhere i turn its, visualization this and visualization that. I read the wiki page on it and im not 100% clear on what it is. It seemed like it dealt more with server stuff so i am posting this here.
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Do you mean Virtualization?

If so, it's just a technology for a CPU allowing it to better emulate another Operating System.
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Do you mean Virtualization?

If so, it's just a technology for a CPU allowing it to better emulate another Operating System.
hahaha oh wow, yeah! haha! Im not even going to edit that one
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Essentially virtualization is a way of segregating stuff that is simultaneously run on one set of phsyical hardware. This is done to take better advantage of a pool of resources, and to increase stability/security.

Vague, I know, but virtualization is a very broad topic with many different levels and implimentations.

Some articles that may help:

http://it.anandtech.com/IT/showdoc.aspx?i=3237
http://www.anandtech.com/it/showdoc.aspx?i=3263

http://it.anandtech.com/IT/showdoc.aspx?i=3583
http://it.anandtech.com/IT/showdoc.aspx?i=3592

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it's just a technology for a CPU allowing it to better emulate another Operating System.
That's only a tiny aspect of virtualization.
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Id say most importantly virtualization allows you to run multiple instances of an OS that provides stability (you dont have to worry about apps conflicting with one another), and maximizes use of resources. People generally dont want to spend money on hardware they dont need, because they already have the processing power, for the sake of avoiding stability issues. This is virtualizations bread and butter.

Example: You have a windows server but you have a linux app that does exactly what you need it to do. Well, you can buy a new server to run the linux app or you can setup a virtual server that will do the same thing except you can put it on the same hardware you already have.
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