(1) Running applications in separate, isolated partitions (separate "virtual machines") within a single server. Widely used in enterprise and cloud computing datacenters, each virtual machine (VM) ...

(1) See server virtualization. Contrast with virtual host. (2) A virtual machine environment from Microsoft for Windows servers. See Microsoft Virtual Server. (3) Multiple servers that appear as one ...

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Virtualization is a broad term that refers to the abstraction of computer resources. In simple and useful definition, “Virtualization is a technique for hiding the physical characteristics of ...

The load on a virtualized back end is quite predictable. While it’s important to be able to move a server application from one hardware platform to another while running—through vMotion, for ...

Server virtualization is a growing reality in data centers. The economics are firmly behind the trend. Server virtualization reduces the total cost of ownership by reducing the number of physical ...

Some people see virtualization as a hindrance to performance with no place in HPC. Other people see it as the future of accessibility in HPC, opening up new modes of parallel computing for a ...