With new powerful computers, system virtualization has become extremely popular. It’s a software technology that enables to run several virtual machines on one physical machine, providing resources of that single computer are shared across several environments. As a result one and the same physical computer can have multiple OSs and applications operating simultaneously, thus opening up enormous opportunities for both, business and home users:
- Avoid underutilization and get more out of up-to-date powerful servers
- Cut expenses on hardware and energy, which is crucial to success of present-day business
- Provide for increased availability of hardware and applications to guarantee business continuity
- Safely evaluate new software on virtual clones to make sure it won’t harm physical systems
- Guarantee smooth and cost saving migration or upgrade of data centers
- Decrease energy costs by up to 80% and make business more efficient and green
- Forget about hunting for replacement of the failed hardware
- Increase flexibility of a physical infrastructure
- Run different operating systems on one computer
- Work with old favorite applications, you cannot launch on a current PC, in a virtual environment
- Use a virtual clone as a backup, so when a disaster strikes, you will be able to work in a virtual environment on any other computer until your own PC is repaired
- And many more…