1. Presented by John Marian, Andrew Buhr, and Alvin Chen

2.  Dividing a physical server into multiple isolated virtual servers by means of software Image Courtesy of VMWare.com

3.  Desktop Virtualization:  Requires host operating system  Not built for server-grade reliability  Server Virtualization:  Production grade reliability  May not require host operating system

4.  Server Consolidation  Less Physical Equipment  Reduced Costs  Efficiency and Utilization  Enhancements through Common Drivers  Security  Improved reliability

5.  Expanding Hardware Capabilities  Efficient sharing of processing resources  Clustering  Ease of Management  OS dependencies  Hardware requirements can be virtualized

6.  Experimentation  Testing new software or other configurations before implementation  Sandboxes  Honeypots

7.  Microsoft Virtual Server  Free…  Requires Windows 2003 Platform  Runs on x86 32 and 64 bit  VMWare ESX Server  Does not require host operating system (bare metal)  Runs on x86 32 and 64 bit  Integrates with VMWare infrastructure products  Xen  Requires host operating system  NetBSD, Linux, Solaris  GPL software  Runs on x86, PowerPC, and IA-64

8.  Deployment into network virtualization  Complexity of licenses  Deterrent for some businesses  Microsoft’s position  Future trends of consolidation and centralization  New server products (Server 2008) are being built around virtualization

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10.  VMWare.com  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_vi rtual_machines  http://searchservervirtualization.techtarget.co m/sDefinition/0,,sid94_gci1032820,00.html