Bicycle User Manual

© Novell Inc. All rights reserved
8
Use cases
•
Virtualization allows for more flexibility
–
Virtual Machines (VM) isolate hardware differences due to a
abstracted resource layer between hardware and OS
–
Decouples software stacks from hardware life cycles
–
Dynamic provisioning reduces time to operation: pre-
configured application stacks are faster to deploy
–
Integrated high availability increases reliability
OS OS OS OS OS
VM Virtualization Layer
Hardware
A A A A A A A