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ISL virtualisation brings secure, reliable cost benefits

Virtualisation is the creation of workstation or server environments that run on another host platform and are not directly linked to the hardware on which they operate.

A virtual machine is a single file which means it can be saved, copied, backed up and moved to a different location very rapidly. Complete systems (applications, OS, BIOS and even virtual hardware) can be moved from one server to another in seconds.

A virtualised desktop is indistinguishable from a regular desktop and many such desktops can be hosted on a single server meaning reduced hardware, software, roll-out and maintenance costs as well as a reduced carbon footprint (there are less physical machines required).

Many virtualised servers can also run on a single host meaning it is possible to consolidate many servers (e.g. email servers, web servers) that are needlessly running on individual machines onto a single piece of hardware.

The main benefits of virtualisation are:

• Cost - Many clients observe a high return on investment in an ISL virtualised solution; by consolidating hardware installation and ongoing costs are drastically reduced
• Robustness - If one virtual machine crashes others are not affected and no data is shared between virtual machines. Disaster recovery fail-over can be regularly tested between multiple sites.
• Agility and Compatibility - As each virtual machine is easy to backup, move or install. The virtualised hardware presented to each application is standard therefore there are no compatibility issues