Cost and energy benefits driving virtualization

Not if need to optimise for hardware: The intended uses have to not require optimisation to hardware to be good candidates for virtualisation. Virtualisation means not knowing which part of which harddrive is being used. Therefore, virtualisation is not a good candidate for mutimedia with its requirement of minimum bandwidth levels.

As for the LondonWaste comment, I think that systems with high levels of interaction are good candidates for virtualisation (provided the grunt is there), as each system block can be virtualised, tested, and if passed, cloned straight into production. In complex systems, testing is difficult because the test systems have to be available in the required configurations. Virtualisation means several test scenarios and data can be saved as virtual machines and loaded as needed. It means the test hardware can be a universal box, rather than several purpose built systems that just sit around when not in use (something that most companies are loathe to do).; Posted by: Patanjali Posted on: 05/07/07 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use