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Use cases
Virtualization allows for more flexibility
Virtual Machines (VM) isolate hardware differences due to a
abstracted resource layer between hardware and OS
Decouples software stacks from hardware life cycles
Dynamic provisioning reduces time to operation: pre-
configured application stacks are faster to deploy
Integrated high availability increases reliability
OS OS OS OS OS
VM Virtualization Layer
Hardware
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