• Intelligent Partitioning - Division of a server into as many virtual servers (VMs) as required, each with full server functionality.
• Complete Isolation - VMs are completely secure and have fully functional, fault and performance isolation abilities.
• Dynamic Resource Allocation - CPU, memory, network, disk and I/O can be changed without re-booting the server.
• Live Migration - Business continuity capabilities including live migration ensure data is available and recoverable at any time.

VMware VMs give businesses the best possible solution for maximising their resources and containing their IT infrastructure. A complete set of management tools and a unique architecture, make it simple to maintain, monitor and manage virtualised server resources.

Hardware virtualisation is the process of segmenting a phyiscal server from the ground up, with no sharing of any installed software, libraries, or OS instalation files. This ensures it is kept absolutely seperate from any other VMs using the same physical server.

The hardware virtualisation method has been streamlined and perfected over time, allowing it to become the most robust form of virtualisation available. Due to the nature of how the virtualisation method ensures nothing is shared between VMs, erradicating the ability of one virtual server being able to negatively affect another.

VMware Servers have some some very unique capabilities:

• Performance VMware VM's lean architecture performs at levels consistent with native servers. A VM's hardware based virtualisation method allows for optimum ressiliance and robustness, making it suitable for high I/O applications such as databases and email servers.
• Scalability Each VM can seamlessly scale up to the resources of an entire physical server.
• No Consolidated OS or Application Management VMs each use their own OS, and application library, making it impossible for servers to interact, or affect other VMs on the physical host.
• Dynamic Resource Allocation Change heavily detailed VM resource parameters in real-time with the flexibility to enable burstable resource usage.
• Live Migration Move VMs without a service interruption between non-shared storage, using a basic server and standard network configuration.
• Broad Platform Support Complete hardware independence, supporting any hardware supported by standard Windows and Linux operating systems. Platforms include: Itanium, x86, x64, EM64T and AMD64.
• Detailed Resource Management Virtual Machines have extensive resource control with over 30 parameters to set VM performance and resource management guidelines for novice users.