Key features: Hyper-V Hyper-V is a hypervisor-based virtualization technology developed by Microsoft. It is an integral component of Windows Server operating systems and provides a robust platform for creating and managing VMs. Key features: Both VMware and Hyper-V are mature and widely adopted VM technologies, each with its own strengths and capabilities. Organizations often choose between them based on factors …
Month: April 2021
Virtual machines (VMs) 5 – Compute
VMs are widely used in various use cases within cloud computing, providing solutions for legacy application migration and workload isolation. Let’s delve into these use cases and understand their significance: VMs offer versatile solutions for legacy application migration, workload isolation, test and development environments, scalability, and hybrid cloud deployments. By leveraging VM technology, organizations can optimize resource utilization, enhance application …
Virtual machines (VMs) 4 – Compute
Deploying a VM in the AWS environment involves similar steps as in Azure. The following steps highlight the process to deploy a VM in AWS, along with corresponding AWS CLI examples: aws ec2 create-vpc –cidr-block 10.0.0.0/16 aws ec2 create-subnet –vpc-id –cidr-block 10.0.1.0/24 –availability-zone us-east-1a aws ec2 describe-images –owners amazon –query “Images[?Architecture==’x86_64′ && VirtualizationType==’hvm’ && RootDeviceType==’ebs’]” aws ec2 run-instances –image-id –count …
Virtual machines (VMs) 3 – Compute
Let’s understand how we can deploy a VM on a cloud platform. To deploy a VM in a cloud environment such as Azure, you can follow these general steps (I’ll provide an example using the Azure cloud platform): az group create –name MyResourceGroup –location eastus az vm image list –output table az vm create –resource-group MyResourceGroup –name MyVirtualMachine –image UbuntuLTS …
Virtual machines (VMs) 2 – Compute
Using VMs in cloud computing offers several benefits that contribute to the efficiency, flexibility, and scalability of the infrastructure. Some key benefits of using VMs include the following: The use of VMs in cloud computing provides organizations with increased flexibility, resource optimization, security, scalability, and simplified management. These benefits contribute to the overall efficiency and effectiveness of cloud infrastructure, enabling …
Virtual machines (VMs) – Compute
Virtual machines (VMs) We discussed VMs briefly in the previous chapter, so let’s talk about them in some more detail in this section. VMs are software emulations of physical computers that enable multiple operating systems and applications to run simultaneously on a single physical server. VMs provide a layer of abstraction between the hardware and the operating system, allowing for …