Craig Thompson

Most commonly, the term "virtualization" refers to the creation of virtual instances of an operating system or virtual machines (VMs) on physical server hardware, known as server virtualization. However, the development of server virtualization has led to the creation of other virtual resource types, including storage, network and I/O resources. Whether a server is physical or virtual, it should be "balanced" with the right amount of resources to achieve its intended operation without waste. Logically, it makes sense to include all the server resources (CPU, memory, storage, I/O, network, etc.) in this bundle of virtual devices. Furthermore, since the virtual server can be placed anywhere, anytime within the available physical infrastructure - improving flexibility, utilization, availability and operations - it stands to reason that the resources it draws from shoul... (more)