IS NEWS PRESENTATION

MIS 304Professor Fang FangAlan Orther

OVERVIEW

What is Virtualizati

on?

How Does it Work?

How is it Good for

Businesses?

Questions?

WHAT IS VIRTUALIZATION?

Today's x86 computer hardware was designed to run a single operating system and a single application.

Most machines are vastly underutilized! Virtualization lets you run multiple virtual

machines on a single physical machine.

HOW DOES VIRTUALIZATION WORK?

“Virtualize” Hardware• CPU• RAM• Hard Drives• Network Controllers

Virtual Machine• Thin Layer of Software on Computer

Hardware• Virtualization Software on a Host

Operating System

HOW DOES VIRTUALIZATION WORK?

VIRTUALIZATION CAN SAVE MONEY

Virtualization

Pool Infrastructure Resources

Reduce Physical

Computers / Servers

Reduce Power & Cooling

Requirements

Improve Computer / Server to

Admin Ratio

Dynamic and

Scalable Resource

Management

Better Security &

Less Planned /

Unplanned Downtime

QUESTIONS

QUESTIONS