{"id":6089,"date":"2016-05-30T12:19:43","date_gmt":"2016-05-30T02:19:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.backupassist.com\/blog\/?p=6089"},"modified":"2024-02-05T06:30:54","modified_gmt":"2024-02-05T06:30:54","slug":"going-virtual-part-1-what-is-a-virtual-server","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.backupassist.com\/blog\/going-virtual-part-1-what-is-a-virtual-server","title":{"rendered":"Going Virtual, Part 1: What is a Virtual Server?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Welcome to the first in a series of articles about virtual servers, whether they\u2019re right for your business, and if so, how to go about setting one up.<\/strong> Our first article explains just what virtual servers are for newcomers, or just those looking for a refresher.<\/p>\n<p>So what exactly is taking your servers \u2018virtual\u2019? Maybe you\u2019ve seen one of these so-called virtual servers, and to you, they look exactly like a physical server. Well they may look that way, but you shouldn\u2019t judge a machine by its cover.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s all you need to know about Virtual Servers, simply explained (and in IT, that\u2019s no easy task).<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Going Virtual (P2V) Series<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.backupassist.com\/blog\/news\/going-virtual-part-1-what-is-a-virtual-server\/\">What Is a Virtual Server?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.backupassist.com\/blog\/news\/going-virtual-p2-physical-vs-virtual-servers-p2v\/\">Physical VS Virtual Servers<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.backupassist.com\/blog\/news\/going-virtual-part-3-what-hardware-do-i-need-for-p2v\/\">What Hardware Do I Need for P2V?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.backupassist.com\/blog\/news\/going-virtual-part-4-performing-a-p2v-server-migration\/\">Performing a P2V Server Migration<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2>What is a\u00a0Virtual Server?<\/h2>\n<p>First, to understand virtual servers, it&#8217;s helpful to understand virtual machines.\u00a0Using some of the physical resources of your computer (E.g. CPU, RAM, Disk Space), you can run a virtualized version of your machine called a virtual machine (VM).<\/p>\n<p>In short, it\u2019s just what it says on the label; a virtualized version of your machine. Think of it as a picture within a picture. With a VM, you can run a virtual copy of the Windows Operating System (OS) on a physical machine already running windows, even if it\u2019s a different version.\u00a0Usually to do that, you\u2019d need to install a whole new operating system.<\/p>\n<p>So we&#8217;re talking a lot about virtual machines, but not a lot about virtual servers. Well, a virtual server is just a VM running server software like Windows Server 2012. Simple, huh?<\/p>\n<h2>So why make a Server Virtual?<\/h2>\n<p>Well, there are a few reasons.\u00a0You can run multiple virtual machines\u2014and by extension, virtual servers\u2014inside a single physical machine, instead of dedicating the machine&#8217;s hardware entirely to running a single kind of server software. Again, different from a traditional\u00a0server setup, where you&#8217;d need a whole new physical machine to do that.<\/p>\n<p>Yeah, you say. That&#8217;s a neat trick, and great if I want to run different kinds of server software off one machine\u2014like Windows Server 2012 and 2011.\u00a0But if I don\u2019t, that all sounds pretty useless.\u00a0<span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">Good thing that\u2019s not the only use of virtual servers\u00a0by far. What they really do is act as if they\u2019re the only server installed on the hardware, even though they\u2019re not.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Example? If you\u2019ve got one virtual machine\u00a0running as a mail server and another as a web host server, and they\u2019re on the same physical machine, one of them is not going to affect the other\u2014they\u2019re completely independent. So heavy traffic on your website won\u2019t impact your mail server, and vice versa. Each VM is assigned its own dedicated CPU and Disk Space, RAM, NIC, etc, so they don\u2019t touch each other\u2019s resources.<\/p>\n<p>That said, your resources with a virtual server\u00a0are still limited by physical restrictions. For instance, if you run too many Virtual Servers on the same machine, or one VS is particularly resource heavy, things are still going to slow down.<\/p>\n<p>To circumvent this, most effective virtual infrastructures don\u2019t run off a single physical server. Instead, they use multiple physical server machines to distribute the \u2018weight\u2019 between them, reducing the overall load. They also tend to have a device capable of providing shared storage between them, so there\u2019s some level of interactivity should you need to move data about.<\/p>\n<p>For those who are visual learners, here\u2019s a graphical representation of how a physical server and virtual server works, placed side-by-side.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.backupassist.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/05\/PhysicalVirtualMachine.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-6119 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backupassist.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/05\/PhysicalVirtualMachine.jpg\" alt=\"PhysicalVirtualMachine\" width=\"2279\" height=\"1568\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.backupassist.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/05\/PhysicalVirtualMachine.jpg 2279w, https:\/\/www.backupassist.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/05\/PhysicalVirtualMachine-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.backupassist.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/05\/PhysicalVirtualMachine-768x528.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.backupassist.com\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/05\/PhysicalVirtualMachine-1024x705.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2279px) 100vw, 2279px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On the left, you can see the physical architecture where everything is very straightforward, just with any other computer. Computer hardware, an OS, and applications that run off it. The bread and butter of IT. Then, on the right, you can see the Virtual Server, with two Operating Systems running with their own dedicated memory, network, processing and storage.<\/p>\n<p>All this is assigned through a nifty thing called a <em>Hypervisor<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Hypervisor?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Yes, a hypervisor, or virtual machine monitor (VMM). It\u2019s basically an intermediary between your server\u2019s hardware and the VS you\u2019re running. Much like Windows OS acts as a platform for Applications to run, your hypervisor acts as a platform for Windows to run, and any other virtual servers you might be running with their own Operating Systems.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s your nifty hypervisor that allows you to separate your VMs from each other. The hardware of your machine that provides the platform is known as the \u2018host\u2019, and your VMs are the \u2018guests\u2019. Think of your hypervisor as the delicious sandwich filling between the two.<\/p>\n<p>A popular hypervisor is Microsoft\u2019s Hyper-V, which provides communication and management between the host and virtual machines. There&#8217;s also VMware&#8217;s ESX and ESXi, Citrix XenServer and Oracle VM. Without hypervisors like these, running your virtual servers simply isn\u2019t possible.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, and the best thing about Virtual Servers and Guest VMs? If they crash for some reason, unlike physical servers, you can bring them back online in seconds with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.backupassist.com\/backupassist.html\">BackupAssist software<\/a>. While you\u2019re running your VM\u00a0off your backup media disk, you can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.backupassist.com\/backupassist\/features\/physical-virtual-servers.html\">perform a full recovery<\/a>\u00a0of that VM at the same time, which means zero downtime. For a business, that\u2019s pretty neat.<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned for our future installments on going virtual with your servers. Next up is what you need to consider when deciding to make the switch, and whether it\u2019s right for your business.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the first in a series of articles about virtual servers, whether they\u2019re right for your business, and if so, how to go about setting one up. Our first article explains just what virtual servers are for newcomers, or just those looking for a refresher. So what exactly is taking your servers \u2018virtual\u2019? 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