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1、MagicQuadrantforx86ServerVirtualizationInfrastructureGartnerRASCoreResearchNoteG00205369,ThomasJ.Bittman,GeorgeJ.Weiss,MarkA.Margevicius,PhilipDawson,30June2011,RV3A207052012ThenumberofinstalledserverVMsandcontainershasnearlydoubledinthepastyearascompetitionimprove
2、s,virtualizationadoptionexpands,themidmarketheatsup,desktopvirtualizationdrivesmoreworkloadstoserversandworkloadsaredeployedbycloudcomputingproviders.WHATYOUNEEDTOKNOWAsofmid-2011,atleast40%ofx86architectureworkloadshavebeenvirtualizedonservers;furthermore,theinsta
3、lledbaseisexpectedtogrowfive-foldfrom2010through2015(asboththenumberofworkloadsinthemarketplacegrowandaspenetrationgrowstomorethan75%).Arapidlygrowingnumberofmidmarketenterprisesarevirtualizingforthefirsttime,andhaveseveralstrongalternativesfromwhichtochoose.Virtua
4、lmachine(VM)andoperatingsystem(OS)softwarecontainertechnologiesarebeingusedasthefoundationalelementsforinfrastructure-as-a-service(IaaS)cloudcomputingofferingsandforprivateclouddeployments.x86servervirtualizationinfrastructureisnotacommoditymarket.Whilemigrationfro
5、monetechnologytoanotheriscertainlypossible,theearlierthatchoiceismade,thebetter,intermsofcost,skillsandprocesses.Althoughvirtualizationcanofferanimmediateandtacticalreturnoninvestment(ROI),virtualizationisanextremelystrategicfoundationforinfrastructuremodernization
6、,improvingthespeedandqualityofITservices,andmigratingtohybridandpubliccloudcomputing.MAGICQUADRANTMarketOverviewThex86servervirtualizationinfrastructuremarketisthefoundationfortwoextremelyimportantmarkettrends:infrastructuremodernizationandcloudcomputing.Forinfrast
7、ructuremodernization,virtualizationisbeingusedtoimproveresourceutilization,improvethespeedofresourcedeliveryandencapsulateworkloadimagesinawaythatenablesautomation.Virtualizationisalsobeingusedasabasisforcloudcomputing–bothprivateandpublic.Inthelastyear,thenumberof
8、servervirtualcontainersandVMsmorethandoubled,dueto:•Growthinworkloads•Rapidgrowthincustomeradoption•Increaseduseofhostedvirtualdesktops(HVDs;onse