Virtualization is the process of sharing the resources of a physical server environment to run multiple virtual servers using software rather than hardware, thus enabling multiple operating systems or instances to run simultaneously on a single machine.
Virtualization centralizes administrative tasks and reduces hardware costs, while improving scalability and workloads.
Virtualization & Potential Business Impact | ||
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Global Server Virtualization Market Forecast (2017-23)
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50% Possible reduction of hardware and operating costs |
10-20 Rate of rise in number of elements a virtual machine can handle |
80% Possible utilization of every individual server efficiency |
12-18% Increase of workload capacity that virtualization can offer |
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99.9999% Uptime that virtualization technology can offer |
75% Possible power cost-savings through virtualized environment |
63-74% Potential savings that virtualization offers over physical servers |