An Analysis of Virtualization and Discover the Benefits and Challenges in Current Era

Abstract

Virtualization is considered as one of the emerging arenas of computer science in recent times. The virtualization forms the foundation of cloud technology. Using virtualization, users can access servers or storage without knowing specific server or storage detail. We can say that virtualization is the key component of cloud computing, with the use of virtualization, cloud computing brings about convenience and efficiency benefits and great challenges in the field of data security and privacy protection. This paper presents a brief introduction of virtualization, its types, benefits and challenges. Keywords: Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Hypervisor, Virtual Machine.