What is virtualisation?

When you think of a computer of any sorts, you naturally imagine a physical monitor, a keyboard, a CPU, or maybe a server or modem, right? However, what if we told you, it is possible to create a virtual version of an operating system, a server, a storage device, or in other words, an entire computer, or network of computers? This process is known as virtualisation.  

 To construct a virtual system, virtualisation uses technology that mimics hardware capabilities. By using this technique, IT companies can run several operating systems, multiple virtual systems, and a variety of programs on a single server, resulting in far greater efficiency in work.  

 Through the use of software, virtualisation can divide the hardware components of a single computer, such as its processors, memory, storage, and other components, into several virtual computers, also known as virtual machines (VMs). Despite only using a small percentage of the actual underlying computer hardware, each virtual machine (VM) runs its own operating system (OS) and functions like a separate computer.  

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 As a result, virtualisation allows for smoother workflows and also for an organisation to get larger amounts of work done, everyday. Today, enterprise IT architecture uses virtualisation on a large scale.