Virtualization

The use of hypervisors for server virtualization in modern-day computing offers many benefits to IT professionals. Hypervisors make it easy to manage a system’s available resources in a way that provides greater IT mobility since the guest virtual machines (VMs) are independent of the host hardware. In the server virtualization landscape, Proxmox and ESXi are two frequently mentioned examples of viable hypervisors. However, given the...

Oracle VM Server is a server virtualization and management solution that enterprises use to deploy, manage, and maintain virtual machines (VMs) for both x86 and SPARC hardware architectures. If you're considering Oracle VM Server, it's important to pay careful attention to the software's unique features, advantages, and disadvantages to make the right choice when buying server virtualization software. What is Oracle VM Server? Oracle VM Server...

Server virtualization helps enterprises reduce the total cost of ownership and approach their resources more efficiently. Hypervisors are crucial to server virtualization. In this article, we dissect the two types of hypervisors. What is a Hypervisor? A hypervisor refers to software that creates and runs virtual machines (VMs). It enables multiple operating systems to run concurrently and share virtualized hardware resources. Also known as a virtual machine...

VMware NSX is a network virtualization and security technology that supports VMware's cloud networking solution. It provides a software-defined networking strategy that spans data centers, clouds, and application frameworks.  NSX brings networking and security closer to the application, regardless of where it runs, from virtual machines (VMs) to containers to physical servers. Networks, like VMs, may be deployed and operated regardless of the underlying hardware. VMware...

VMware Fusion and Parallels Desktop are two of the top considerations for desktop virtualization on macOS devices, with multiple editions for small business to enterprise infrastructure needs. Virtualization has long been a valuable tool for individuals, businesses, and enterprise organizations looking to maximize existing hardware through virtual machines (VMs). In 2006, Parallels released the first commercially successful desktop virtualization tool for Mac devices with Parallels...

AWS Lambda is an event-driven serverless computing platform, which executes code in response to events while handling the back-end administration and infrastructure required to run code. In this article, we explore AWS Lambda and its functioning, concepts, benefits, and use cases. What Is Serverless Computing? Serverless computing is a means of delivering back-end services on demand. Serverless providers let users write and deploy code without those users...

Before cloud computing became mainstream, development teams maintained their own server hardware and took care of their own software and security updates. This was time-consuming, cumbersome, and expensive. But, thanks to the advent of cloud computing and serverless computing facilitated by third-party companies, development teams are able to build and run their services without having to worry about the infrastructure supporting this activity. Read more: What...

What Is VMware vSphere 7? VMware vSphere is a hardware virtualization solution that allows system administrators to install and configure multiple virtual instances on a single host. Multiple virtual instances can be created with the help of a virtualization layer called a hypervisor. A hypervisor abstracts the underlying hardware from the host and allocates it to the virtual instances called virtual machines (VMs). VMware introduced several...