Virtualization is the creation of a virtual (non-physical) version of an entity, such as an operating system, a server, an application, a storage device or network resources. A simple and practical example of basic virtualization is the logical partitions on a physical hard disk i.e. C drive, D drive, etc.
Operating system virtualization is the use of virtualization software run multiple operating systems images (like Windows Server 2003/2008, Windows XP, Windows 7 etc) on a single piece of hardware. This leads to effective utilization of hardware resources, which can now support multiple operating systems running on them.
Virtualization is being widely adopted by enterprises to reduce server hardware footprint and increase utilization rates. Another great advantage of virtualization is rapid deployment of both server and desktop environments, and backing up of these environments with instant recovery. This greatly reduces time to deploy and recover systems as and when needed.
ProVal Technologies, a leading systems management service provider, has deep expertise in the area of virtualization and virtual server management. ProVal supports virtualization environments from VMWare (VWWare Server, ESX, ESXi) and Microsoft (Microsoft Virtual Server, Hyper-V)
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