Not everyone is clear about these two technologies "virtualization and cloud computing".Most people think that both technologies are the same. But in actual these are different from each other. But the purpose of these technologies is the same to maximize computing resources. However, it is important to understand the difference between these two.

Virtualization

By using virtualization you can run multiple applications and multiple operating systems in a single physical hardware. Virtualization allows you to run different computing applications on a single physical server. The idea behind this technology work is to reduce cost by operating multiple servers in a single hardware.

Cloud Computing

Cloud computing allows you to store different data and applications on a virtual server instead to store data and applications in physical hardware. In other words, we can say that cloud computing provides shared resources such as different software and data over the internet as a service which is different from virtualization which uses physical hardware resources.

Benefits Of Using Virtualization

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Utilize Maximum Resources
Virtualization utilizes the maximum number of resources by reducing the number of physical hardware for multiple operating systems. Virtualization provides maximum use of the hardware investment.

Utilize Multiple System
The biggest benefit of using Virtualization is you can use multiple operating systems in a single physical hardware and can utilize all resources in the different operating systems.

Reduce Cost
We know that less server utilization means less cost you bear. By using virtualization you can be reduced cost by utilizing sing physical server on multiple operating systems. you can use single Hardisk RAM DVD drives etc in virtualized operating systems and save too much cost.

Move To The Cloud
By using virtualization you can make your server portable. When we feel comfortable and understand technology is mature we can move it to the cloud.