Sunday, September 14, 2014

Lesson Three: Hyper-V

This week we focused on using Windows Server’s ability to create and use virtual machine, which is known as Hyper-V.  In Hyper-V, Windows can simulate virtual machines, which can then be configured to do any task that can be accomplished by a physical server.  This server virtualization allows the virtual servers to extend access to the resources on a network.

By using virtual machines, Windows can stretch the physical limits of any available resources.  TO take an example, if you have a 10 GB physical hard disk, virtual machine 1 and virtual machine 2 can each see those 10 GB and call it their own, thereby making it seem like Windows has 20 GB of disk storage available.  It is a good strategy to extend processor cores, system memory and storage space among many competing priorities.

These lesson on server virtualization interested me greatly - I'm looking forward to much more to come!

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