Can Virtualization Reduce Risk?? You Betcha!

Server consolidation is one of the biggest use cases of virtualization. But with consolidation, comes the serious risk that one virtual instance can compromise others. Definitely a good idea to manage risk by keeping the most sensitive data separate from public data.

But virtualization can be used to greatly reduce risk too. How? Rather than going from say 10 servers to one, virtualize to two instead. This serves as a counterbalance to a single point of failure. Further its much faster to bring up a virtual server than a physical server. Q.e.d. you can can leverage virtualization to mitigate availability risk.