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In simple terms, virtualization adds a layer in between the physical hardware and the operating system. This in turn encapsulates the entire system, making it a virtual machine (VM) where hardware becomes agnostic and creates it its own “bubble”. This environment allows you to have multiple VMs running on the same physical hardware without conflict.

Portability is a benefit of this technology. Any VM can be transferred to other physical machines easily. This ease of portability can come into play when considering backup recovery and disaster recovery options.

Virtualization minimizes downtime if there is a hardware failure by allowing the VMs to automatically find another physical machine and restart themselves when they are running in a highly available cluster.  Virtualization can also provide “green” benefits to your physical environment by reducing electrical power usage and cooling load consumption when server hardware is consolidated. 

These solutions can be implemented locally or most of these benefits are already included when leveraging a hosted cloud service like LightBound. Give us a call and let LightBound help you with your virtualization services, server hosting, off site data backup service, and disaster recovery needs.