In: Computer Science
Discussion - Common add on devices in virtualization and their solutions
First of all, we all need to know what is virtualization. It is the creation of many virtual resources from one physical resource. Also the creation of one virtual resource from one or many physical resources can be added to further modify it. Some add-on include running out of computing power. Virtual machines simply accumulate over time and suck up computing resources as well as backup and disaster recovery resources. This can be overcome by justifying it as if it were a new server. This will help to tie virtual machines to departments or other stakeholders so that it can be seen how much of the environment that part of the business is demanding. Sometimes the case arises that the server's only Network Interface Card (NIC) port is saturated, causing some of the machines to report network errors. In such cases, the traffic from multiple NICs may need to be distributed across multiple switches to prevent switch backplane saturation. Also, what happens when the server itself fails? This will consolidate the impact of server hardware failure. The solution to this can be explained in two fields. In the short-term, it will be optimal to redistribute workloads to prevent multiple critical applications from residing on a single server. Over the long-term, the best would be to deploy high- availability servers for important consolidation platforms. This are some of the solutions to the add-on devices in virtualization.