Virtual systems are software-based simulations of computer systems that operate on top of physical hardware. They provide a range of advantages to your business, such as IT efficiency along with cost savings and security.

Virtual machines can be used to test new software, or deploy Wikis and Jabber IM as well as to create backup images of the current system to speed up recovery from an incident. VMs can also be replicated and transferred between physical servers to create high availability configurations, which can reduce downtime.

The ability to virtualize multiple systems results in significant reductions in server equipment, energy and maintenance costs. IT teams are able to spend less time performing maintenance tasks such as the deployment of software updates since the entire virtual infrastructure is controlled by a centralized platform. This efficiency boost allows your team to concentrate on projects that will help your company grow.

Improved Data Security & Disaster Recovery

VMs are hardware-independent, meaning that they can be moved from one physical server to another just as easily as moving files on your desktop or laptop. This is particularly useful in cases where the original software manufacturer has stopped supporting an older piece of code or has been shut down.

The type of hypervisor used in a virtualized environment can alter the way it manages. A bare-metal virtualization hypervisor, such as VMware vSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V or Oracle VM Virtualization provides greater control and independence from the host operating system. On the other the other hand, a hosted hypervisor such as KVM (built in the Linux kernel) transmits VM requests through the host OS for processing, which can slow down VM performance.

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