Virtualization is the ability that allows numerous virtual machines each with separate operating systems to run simultaneously on any given one physical machine. This is also known as partitioning. For example, with virtual memory, a computer can gain access to more memory than previously installed physically. The technique of virtualization can be applied to many other infrastructure layers such as storage, networks, applications, server hardware and operating systems.

Without the technique of virtualization applied into your buisness IT Infrastructure, running multiple applications on a single machine often causes conflict, it is a costly infrastructure, underutilizes resources and the hardware and software are tightly coupled.

After virtualization from Couch & Associates Inc., you gain hardware independance of the OS and applications and can manage those operating systems and applications as a single unit by encapsulating them into virtual machines. By separating the hardware from the operating system, virtualization enables you to:

• Run multiple virtual machines with different operating systems at the same time on one machine
• Allocate a certain amount of virtual hardware to each individual machine that allows each to run an operating system and applications
• Quickly copy, save or repair virtual machines that can be moved to another location with zero downtime

Using virtual infrastructure solutions, your IT professionals can focus on challenges such as:

• Business Continuity
• Test and Development
• Server Consolidation and Containment