Question

How virtualization works in cloud computing?

Answer 1

Virtualization plays a very important role in the cloud computing technology, normally in the cloud computing, users share the data present in the clouds like application etc, but actually with the help of virtualization users shares the Infrastructure.

The main usage of Virtualization Technology is to provide the applications with the standard versions to their cloud users, suppose if the next version of that application is released, then cloud provider has to provide the latest version to their cloud users and practically it is possible because it is more expensive.

To overcome this problem we use basically virtualization technology, By using virtualization, all severs and the software application which are required by other cloud providers are maintained by the third party people, and the cloud providers has to pay the money on monthly or annual basis.

Answer 2

Cloud computing is the delivery of shared computing resources, software or data — as a service and on-demand through the Internet." Most of the confusion occurs because virtualization and cloud computing work together to provide different types of services, as is the case with private clouds