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Microsoft Virtual
Server 2005 R2 is a recent server virtualization technology for
the Windows Server Systemâ„¢ platform. You can use it to :
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Consolidate infrastructure,
application, and branch office server workloads:
Virtual Server 2005 R2 is ideal for server consolidation in both
the datacenter and the branch office, allowing organizations to
make more efficient use of their hardware resources. It also
allows IT organizations to enhance their administrative
productivity and rapidly deploy new servers to address changing
business needs.
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Consolidate and re-host legacy
applications:
Virtual Server 2005 R2 enables re-hosting of legacy OS (Windows
NT® 4 Server and Windows 2000 Server) and their associated
custom applications from older hardware to new hardware running
Windows Server 2003.
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Automate and consolidate
software test and development environments:
Virtual Server 2005 R2 enables businesses to consolidate their
test and development server farm and automate the provisioning
of virtual machines.
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Disaster Recovery:
Virtual Server 2005 R2 can be used as part of a disaster
recovery plan that requires application portability and
flexibility across hardware platforms.
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Virtual Server 2005
R2 is a multithreaded application that runs as a system
service, with each virtual machine running in its own
thread of execution.
I/O (input/output) occurs in child
threads.
Virtual Server 2005 R2 derives two core
functions from the host operating system :
1) the
underlying host operating system kernel schedules CPU
resources,
2) device drivers of the host operating
system provide access to system devices.
The Virtual
Server 2005 R2 Virtual Machine Monitor (VMM) provides
the software infrastructure to create virtual machines,
manage instances, and interact with guest operating
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Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 Technical Overview
http://www.microsoft.com/virtualserver/default.mspx
Virtual Server Migration tool
(for migrating physical server to virtual)
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserversystem/virtualserver/evaluation/vsmt.mspx
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