Do the virtualization software companies recognize memory as a key hardware component?
Yes. In fact, Kingston worked with the leader in the virtualization space, VMware, to create a technical paper about the role of memory in VI3 their enterprise server virtualization platform. Isnt virtualization supposed to reduce hardware requirements? Yes. Key drivers for IT adoption include the many benefits in virtualizing a data center and consolidating server hardware. But each of the virtualized servers should have enough physical memory to ensure a successful consolidation. Dont the virtualization software companies include memory management features to reduce memory requirements? Yes, virtualization software often include features to manage memory overcommitment. VMware provides memory sharing and swapping/ballooning capabilities to dynamically share and reallocate limited memory resources. However, with enough physical memory, the performance impact of these features is minimized. What is a virtual infrastructure? In an IT environment that has been virtualized, the virtual in
