10.14. Summary

In this chapter, I covered Hyper-V, which is the latest development in the long history of virtualization throughout the enterprise. Available only with Windows Server 2008, Hyper-V is an extremely powerful and useful tool for enterprise administrators and server administrators alike. Using Hyper-V, administrators can consolidate multiple server roles by installing multiple operating systems in one centralized location.

I also covered virtualization. When virtualizing, network cards, CPU, and memory are shared on virtualized buses that access data at different times and locations through "virtual" networks, CPUs, and memory DIMMs. In particular, Hyper-V takes advantage of three different types of network pools: internal, external, ...

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