Three Reasons to Use Virtual Servers
June 3, 2008 · Filed Under Virtualization
The most exciting IT trend of the past year or so is virtualization. It is having a huge impact in the data center, and soon we will start to see the downstream effects on business applications and the end users. I came across this take on virtualization, from the perspective of the IT Director for a web 2.0 startup. Here are his reasons for going virtual:
- Server resources (CPU, memory, disk space) can be reallocated on the fly.
- Virtual servers are not bound to specific hardware resources, meaning that they can be moved easily.
- The CPU and memory use can be maximized on each server. Less physical servers, less electricity and less rack space are used to do more work.
It all adds up saving money.
