Virtual Systems

Virtualization: A Definition by "Virtualization for Dummies". 2007. by Bernard Golden: "Virtualization refers to a concept in which access to a single underlying piece of hardware, like a server, is coordinated so that multiple guest operating systems can share that single piece of hardware, with no guest operating system being aware that it is actually sharing anything at all. (A guest operating system is an operating system that’s hosted by the underlying virtualization software layer, which is often, you guessed it, called the host system.) A guest operating system appears to the applications running on it as a complete operating system (OS), and the guest OS itself is completely unaware that it’s running on top of a layer of virtualization software rather than directly on the physical hardware."

A better way to describe it is car-pooling. Driving with your family, look out the window. See all the cars that could easily carry 4 people, but only one person in that car? In your car, you are all using the same piece of hardware (the car) for your own specific purpose. You need to get to work, your wife is going shopping, your kids are being dropped off at the movies. Very efficient. Your office servers are not much different. Sure, you use them during the day, but probably not at full capacity for the entire day. They are left to sit and burn electricity at night. Not very efficient.

Virtualization is simply a matter of efficiency. It allows for maximum use of hardware, while leaving enough "extra" available, should it be needed. In a virtual environment, the operating system is "virtualized", so that maximum efficiency can be achieved, reducing the overall cost of the environment. Since everything, including the applications, are "Virtual", (it is running in memory) it is free to run on not just one system, but spread over many systems. This provides for unprecedented speed and reliability. If a server goes down, the server processes are simply moved to another server, without the user ever being aware of the transfer.

Managed hosting is simply moving your existing Web or Server application and deploying it in our Datacenter of virtual systems. Our network of 160 Global Tier 1 network and Internet carriers provides 100% uptime. Your systems are automatically backed up nightly. They are available to you at any time, wherever you are.

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