Chapter 1. VM – It Is Not What You Think!

In this chapter, we will pe into why a seemingly simple technology, a virtualized x86 machine, has huge ramifications for the IT industry. In fact, it is turning a lot of things upside down and breaking down silos that have existed for decades in large IT organizations. We will cover the following topics:

• Why virtualization is not what we think it is
• Virtualization versus partitioning
• A comparison between a physical server and Virtual Machine