Diploma

Cloud Computing

ITBS 105

Chapter 2

Virtualization
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Objectives

Dear student, at the end of this lecture you are expected to be able to:

1. Define the concept of virtualization and its importance.

2. Distinguish between the different virtualization areas.
3. Explain the Criticality and performance of virtualization.
4. Discuss the different types of virtualization.
5. Determine the well used and known solutions related to virtualization.
6. Explain the advantages and disadvantages of virtualization.

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Content

Introduction

Virtualization cost
Virtualization concept
Advantages and disadvantages of virtualization
Virtualization areas

Conclusion
Criticality and performance of virtualization

Resources
Solutions related to virtualization

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Mind Map

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Virtualization

Definition

Virtualization is a technology that allows you to create multiple environments or resources from a single physical system.

Virtualization is a technology that allows you to create useful computing services using resources that are usually tied to hardware.

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Problematic

Computers were only able to run one process at a time.

• Consolidation

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Virtualization areas

➢ Application virtualization

➢ Network virtualization

➢ Storage virtualization

➢ Server virtualization

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Virtualization areas

➢ Application virtualization

Virtual layer
Operating system
Material

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Virtualization areas

➢ Network virtualization

➢ Reduced broadcast traffic

➢ Increased security since information is encapsulated in an additional layer

➢ More flexibility

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Virtualization areas

➢ Storage virtualization (VDI, VHD, VMDK, OVF)

➢ Add additional storage without service interruption

➢ Group hard disk drives of different speeds, sizes, and manufacturers

➢ Dynamically reallocate storage space

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Virtualization areas

➢ Server virtualization

Operate several virtual servers simultaneously on a single physical server.

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Why virtualize?

➢ Cost

➢ Criticality and Performance

➢ Security

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Cost

➢ Reduced number of servers

➢ Reduced network hardware
➢ Reduced power consumption
➢ Reduced air conditioning requirements
➢ Reduced space consumption
➢ Aggregated idle loads
➢ Optimized restoration
➢ Optimized backup

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Criticality and performance

➢ Simplicity of deployment
➢ Simplicity of administration
➢ Improved change management
➢ Optimized physical capacity evolution
➢ Improved load balancing
➢ Simplicity of software testing

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Security
Virtualization will allow isolation of different software environments at the physical resource level. Communication
between different virtual machines will only be possible via network connections in the same way as communication
between two physical machines.

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Different type of virtualization

➢ Full Virtualization

➢ Para-Virtualization

➢ Hardware Assisted Virtualization

➢ Partitioning

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Main solutions
➢ XEN

➢ KVM

➢ VMware

➢ Hyper-V

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Main solutions

➢ XEN

➢ Hypervisor managed by XenSource company.

➢ The project was originally carried out within the University of Cambridge,

➢ The goal was then to host 100 guest systems on a single physical machine, with the best possible
performance.

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Main solutions

➢ KVM

➢ Kernel-based Virtual Machine was created in 2006 by Qumranet company.

➢ Integrated into Linux kernel since February 2007.

➢ KVM optimized for server virtualization.

➢ To virtualize desktop type systems, we prefer virtualbox.

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Main solutions

➢ VMware vSphere

➢ Cloud computing infrastructure software from Vmware publisher

➢ Hypervisor based on VMware ESXi architecture

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Main solutions

➢ Hyper-V

➢ Windows Server Virtualization, is a virtualization system based on a 64-bit hypervisor

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Virtualization advantages

➢ Resource optimization;

➢ Easy installation, backup, deployment and migration of virtual machines;

➢ Savings on hardware through pooling;

➢ Securing and/or isolating a network;

➢ Reducing risks related to server sizing

➢ Automatic recovery during incidents.

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Virtualization disadvantages

➢ If the physical machine fails, several virtual environments are interrupted.

➢ Need for powerful machines.

➢ A degradation in performance.

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Conclusion

In this lecture we mainly discussed about the essential and important topics related to virtualization such :

❑ Virtualization and how it allows to create multiple environments or resources from a single physical system.
❑ Virtualization areas including : application virtualization, network virtualization, storage virtualization and server virtualization.
❑ The criticality and performance of virtualization.
❑ The different type of virtualization such : full virtualization, para-virtualization, hardware assisted and virtualization
partitioning.
❑ Some real proposed solutions related to virtualization covering : XEN, KVM, VMware and Hyper-V approaches.

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Resources

• Gerardus Blokdyk. (2021). "Grid Computing A Complete Guide" - 5STARCooks edition, January 29, 2021.

• Thomas E. and E. Monroy. (2023). "Cloud Computing: Concepts, Technology, Security, and Architecture ", The
Pearson Digital Enterprise Series, 2nd Edition, 2023.

• Dan C. Marinescu. (2022). "Cloud Computing: Theory and Practice", Morgan Kaufmann ( 3rd edition), May 31, 2022.

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