What is a Virtual Server?

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Virtual servers are often seen as a more cost effective and efficient resource control option compared to dedicated servers for many enterprises. But how exactly do virtual servers work, and what is the difference between a virtual server and a dedicated server?
In this lightboard video, Bradley Knapp with IBM Cloud, answers these questions and many more as he visually explains what a virtual server is as well as the many benefits it can provide a business.
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[@kunal4025]

No matter what topic it is, his way of explaining things are always amazing!

[@user-qp6cj1eb4m]

I beg the differ 😉

[@dharmann675]

love this man fr. really skilled at explaining the more technical terms in a digestible manner.

[@akeemsalami1854]

Lovely and simplified explanation, many thanks.

[@tarikzaki5442]

one of the best ( if not the best ) instructors in the IBM cloud learning series

[@rodrigolomar6270]

Wow! Best way of explaining I've ever seem. Very nice!

[@xHellsProdigyx]

Please give more detail into the finite processes of VSI's and processes. I would love to dig into cloud computing .

[@aintrz]

Thx for good explanation

[@annapanitkova1575]

just in love with this dude

[@steveowen6228]

Great video. Thanks. Liked and subbed.

[@Btizone]

You're the best Brad!

[@iulo]

nice explanation.

[@Thebb123]

I would love a history of servers vid

[@markusbuchholz3518]

Bradley, your (and your team) ability f performance the beauty of SW domain is directly cloned from Broadway Theaters. Excellence in all the pieces of exhibition. For sure the great community/subscribers have similar observations. Impressive channel and remarkably useful info. Thanks for sharing your passion. Have a nice day!

[@IBMTechnology]

Wow, thank you!

[@God1293]

Can we have more technical details of VM or VS @IBM? Thanks

[@shivangchaturvedi237]

loved it!

[@devpriysahu2223]

Hi i became fan of yours by just watching 2-3 videos.

[@IBMTechnology]

We're so happy to hear this, Devpriy! Be sure to subscribe to our channel to get notified of more videos like this. Feel free to explore around and let us know if there is a specific topic we haven't covered yet, but you'd like to see. 🙂

[@BBRR442]

Great to hear how the server can be built custom by putting more networking power or more compute power or more processing power, etc. It seems virtual servers are too good to be true though. How all the hardware that would be used on a virtual server just takes up 1U of space? I still dont understand that, is it some kind of emulation, or is the processing being somewhere else on a offline server. I would greatly appreciate your advice and more information into this subject as I am new to it and still learning more. Thank you!

[@tauriqabdullah6130]

Thank you!

[@luismesquita71]

Is there a limit for VSI in 1U? How many VSI can a 1U store? Also, is there a limit for CPU, RAM or Network in a 1U?

[@herambthuse5460]

Can you please have a session on Kubernetes offering from IBM and the advantage of it over other cloud providers ?

[@IBMTechnology]

Thanks for the feedback, we will look into this! Stay tuned!

[@hananhefter5354]

well explanied

[@marvinkatende5077]

I'm curious, what's the difference between a VPS and a HYPERVISOR

[@14infallible]

Very good

[@FiSA01]

Amoled/oled people gonna love this video

[@gchehabayesa1006]

HI, so if I understood correctly, physical servers are so powerful nowadays that their resources can be distributed so they can host several virtual servers.

[@bradleyknapp2909]

Correct!
With the massive increases in total computing performance at a physical level over the last 15 years, the odds of a single application consuming ALL the resources on a physical host are insanely low.
Virtualization allows you to create multiple virtual servers on that physical server, making it possible to get 80%+ utilization of your physical resources, which lowers your total cost to run multiple workloads and dramatically increases your cost efficiency.

[@rodrickgamwo9149]

merci

[@vipuldogra6600]

best there is.

[@CaptainReedo40]

I thought RAM was memory or video capability (vRAM) and not “storage.”

[@honestnewsnet]

What if 5g internet access goes down?

[@aamirm_product327]

How is this different from virtual machine?

[@IBMTechnology]

Hi! Virtual Servers are fundamentally identical to the term Virtual Machine. They are interchangeable terms with the same meaning. 🙂

[@ambujsharma6045]

I wasn't concentrating on the subject but how can he write backwards.. then it occurred to me that he must be filming himself writing on a mirror lol -.-

[@hardfought1842]

It’s part of the IBM interview process. All candidates must be able to write backwards.

[@loveanimals-0197]

What a joke. You're only about 15 years late with this content.

[@KN-hg2nv]

Shut up

[@YesIlikebananasSo]

So?

[@YesIlikebananasSo]

Didn’t realise there was a time limit on educating others.