Virtualisierungsplattformen
Virtualisierun..., often truncated from the German term Virtualisierung, refers to the process and set of technologies for creating virtual representations of computing resources. These resources can include hardware platforms, storage systems, networks, and even operating environments, allowing multiple virtual instances to run on a single physical unit. The central idea is abstraction: software components interact with virtual resources as if they were independent, while the underlying hardware is shared and managed by a hypervisor, firmware, or orchestration layer.
Common forms of virtualization include server virtualization, desktop virtualization, application virtualization, network virtualization, and storage virtualization.
Containerization, often grouped with virtualization, provides operating system–level isolation where multiple containers share the same kernel
Benefits include improved hardware utilization, flexible deployment, faster provisioning, easier disaster recovery, and better isolation between
Historically, virtualization emerged in mainframe environments and gained widespread adoption with x86 hypervisors in the late