{"id":1081,"date":"2022-08-13T11:51:17","date_gmt":"2022-08-13T11:51:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kayimpex.com\/blog\/?p=1081"},"modified":"2022-12-12T10:23:38","modified_gmt":"2022-12-12T10:23:38","slug":"it-simplified-virtualization","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kayimpex.com\/blog\/2022\/08\/13\/it-simplified-virtualization\/","title":{"rendered":"IT Simplified: Virtualisation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">Computing&nbsp;<strong>virtualization<\/strong>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<strong>virtualisation<\/strong>&nbsp;is the act of creating a virtual (rather than actual) version of something at the same abstraction level, including virtual&nbsp;computer hardware&nbsp;platforms,&nbsp;storage devices, and&nbsp;computer network&nbsp;resources. In more practical terms, imagine you have 3 physical servers with individual dedicated purposes. One&nbsp;is a mail server, another is a web server, and the last one&nbsp;runs internal legacy applications. Each server is being used at about 30% capacity\u2014just a fraction of their running potential. But since the legacy apps remain important to your internal operations, you have to keep them and the third server that hosts them, right?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Traditionally, yes. It was often easier and more reliable to run individual tasks on individual servers: 1 server, 1 operating system, 1 task. It wasn\u2019t easy to give 1 server multiple brains. But with virtualization, you can split the mail server into 2 unique ones that can handle independent tasks so the legacy apps can be migrated. It\u2019s the same hardware, you\u2019re just using more of it more efficiently.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"538\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kayimpex.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/virtulization-image-1-1-1024x538.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1085\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kayimpex.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/virtulization-image-1-1-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.kayimpex.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/virtulization-image-1-1-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.kayimpex.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/virtulization-image-1-1-768x403.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.kayimpex.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/virtulization-image-1-1.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Software called&nbsp;hypervisors&nbsp;separate the physical resources from the virtual environments\u2014the things that need those resources. Hypervisors can sit on top of an operating system (like on a laptop) or be installed directly onto hardware (like a server), which is how most enterprises virtualize. Hypervisors take your physical resources and divide them up so that virtual environments can use them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Virtualization\u2019s widespread applicability helped reduce vendor lock-in and made it the foundation of&nbsp;cloud computing. It\u2019s so prevalent across enterprises today that specialized&nbsp;virtualization management software&nbsp;is often needed to help keep track of it all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ssl.gstatic.com\/ui\/v1\/icons\/mail\/no_photo.png\"><\/td><td>ReplyForward<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Computing&nbsp;virtualization&nbsp;or&nbsp;virtualisation&nbsp;is the act of creating a virtual (rather than actual) version of something at the same abstraction level, including virtual&nbsp;computer 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