Enabling Intel Virtualization Technology Features and Benefits
Executive Summary
Although virtualization has been accepted in most data centers, some users have not yet taken advantage of all the virtualization features available to them. This white paper describes the features available in Intel® Virtualization Technology (Intel® VT) that work with Intel’s new CPUs and chipsets, showing how they can benefit the end user and how to enable them.
Intel® Virtualization Technology Feature Brief and Usage Model
Intel® VT combines with software-based virtualization solutions to provide maximum system utilization by consolidating multiple environments into a single server or PC. By abstracting the software away from the underlying hardware, a world of new usage models opens up that can reduce costs, increase management efficiency, and strengthen security—all while making your computing infrastructure more resilient in the event of a disaster.
During the last four years, Intel has introduced several new features to Intel® VT. Most of these features are well known, but others may not be.
This paper describes key features of Intel® VT, how they fit into Intel’s platforms, and how to maximize their benefits.
Intel® VT CPU-Based Features
The x86 processor architecture did not originally meet the Formal Requirements for Virtualizable Third-Generation Architectures, a specification for virtualization created in 1974 by Gerald J. Popek and Robert P. Goldberg. Thus, developers found it difficult to implement a virtual machine platform on the x86 architecture without significant overhead on the host machine.
Read the full Enabling Intel® Virtualization Technology Features and Benefits White Paper.
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Enabling Intel Virtualization Technology Features and Benefits
Executive Summary
Although virtualization has been accepted in most data centers, some users have not yet taken advantage of all the virtualization features available to them. This white paper describes the features available in Intel® Virtualization Technology (Intel® VT) that work with Intel’s new CPUs and chipsets, showing how they can benefit the end user and how to enable them.
Intel® Virtualization Technology Feature Brief and Usage Model
Intel® VT combines with software-based virtualization solutions to provide maximum system utilization by consolidating multiple environments into a single server or PC. By abstracting the software away from the underlying hardware, a world of new usage models opens up that can reduce costs, increase management efficiency, and strengthen security—all while making your computing infrastructure more resilient in the event of a disaster.
During the last four years, Intel has introduced several new features to Intel® VT. Most of these features are well known, but others may not be.
This paper describes key features of Intel® VT, how they fit into Intel’s platforms, and how to maximize their benefits.
Intel® VT CPU-Based Features
The x86 processor architecture did not originally meet the Formal Requirements for Virtualizable Third-Generation Architectures, a specification for virtualization created in 1974 by Gerald J. Popek and Robert P. Goldberg. Thus, developers found it difficult to implement a virtual machine platform on the x86 architecture without significant overhead on the host machine.
Read the full Enabling Intel® Virtualization Technology Features and Benefits White Paper.
