Virtualization is the creation of a virtual (RATHER than actual) version of something, such as an operating system, a server, a storage device or network resources.

You probably know a little about virtualization if you have ever divided your hard drive into different partitions. A partition is the logical division of a hard disk drive to create, in EFFECT, two separate hard drives.

Operating system virtualization is the use of software to allow a piece of hardware to run multiple operating system IMAGES at the same time. The technology got its start on mainframes decades ago, allowing administrators to avoid WASTING expensive processing power.

In 2005, virtualization software was adopted faster than anyone imagined, including the experts. There are three areas of IT where virtualization is making heabroads, network virtualization, storage virtualization and server virtualization.

Virtualization is the creation of a virtual (rather than actual) version of something, such as an operating system, a server, a storage device or network resources.

You probably know a little about virtualization if you have ever divided your hard drive into different partitions. A partition is the logical division of a hard disk drive to create, in effect, two separate hard drives.

Operating system virtualization is the use of software to allow a piece of hardware to run multiple operating system images at the same time. The technology got its start on mainframes decades ago, allowing administrators to avoid wasting expensive processing power.

In 2005, virtualization software was adopted faster than anyone imagined, including the experts. There are three areas of IT where virtualization is making heabroads, network virtualization, storage virtualization and server virtualization.