Introduction to Virtualization

Info Level: Beginner Presenter: Eli the Computer Guy Date Created: February 2, 2012 Length of Class: 59 Minutes Tracks Virtual and Cloud Computing Prerequisites Introduction to Cloud Computing Purpose of Class This class teaches students the basic concepts that required to deploy Virtualization in the real world. Chapters Introduction (00:00) Overview (01:10) Type 1 Hypervisors (13:45) Type 2 Hypervisors (33:31) Converting to Virtualization (40:51) Final Thoughts (47:05) Class Notes Introduction Virtualization allows you to separate the Operating System from the underlying hardware Virtualization is NOT the same as Cloud Computing. Virtualization is a Type of Cloud Computing. Hypervisors are the software that Operating System "Instances" run on. Overview Virtualization allows you to easily migrate servers between pieces of physical hardware Virtualization allows you to consolidate multiple cheap physical servers into one server An "Instance" is a "Virtual Computer" installed on a Hypervisor. Type 1 Hypervisors Called Bare Metal Hypervisor Installs directly on to hardware You use Management Software installed on a different computer to manage a Type 1 Hypervisor box. Based on XEN. Generally the Hypervisor is free, but you pay for the Management software Over Allocation allows you to allocate more total resources to the Instances of the operating systems then the physical server has. At any one time all Instances CANNOT use more resources then the total amout that the <b>…</b>

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