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What are the software-related benefits of virtualization?

April 26, 2017Benefits Software virtualization

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What are the software-related benefits of virtualization?

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First, virtualization provides logical isolation between virtual partitions, so a software fault in one partition is unlikely to impact an application in another partition. And virtual partitions can be configured to provide automatic fail-over for one or more applications. Next, different security settings can be implemented for each virtual machine, allowing IT organizations to maintain a high level of control over end-user and administrative privileges. Third, virtualization simplifies the migration of legacy applications onto new platforms; instead of migrating the application onto a new operating system, it can be hosted with the existing operating system in a virtual partition on the new platform, with no need for software modification. Finally, virtualization streamlines test and development because successive iterations of the software stack, including the production version, can be hosted in separate virtual partitions on the same platform.