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CLOUD COMPUTING AT COCA-COLA
Cloud Computing at Coca-Cola
In your own words, explain the concept if computer virtualization. What is a virtual
machine (VM) and the role of a hypervisor?
Computer virtualization refers to the process of an organization running a virtual instance
of a computer system in a layer that is abstracted from the actual computer hardware. Basically,
computer virtualization is the running of multiple computer operating systems on a single
computer system at the same time (Taylor, 2022). With computer virtualization comes a virtual
machine and a hypervisor. A virtual machine refers to a computer system that an organization
creates using software on one physical computer with the aim of emulating the functionality of
another separate physical computer system. A hypervisor refers to software for creating and
running virtual machines (Taylor, 2022).
Describe some use cases for virtualization technology for the company you chose in week 1
Coca-Cola is the company chosen in week 1 and will greatly benefit from virtualization.
The major use case of computer virtualization at Coca-Cola will be to enable the company to
efficiently utilize its physical computer hardware. Another use case will the company achieve a
greater return on its hardware investment. Additionally, Coca-Cola can use computer
virtualization to drive its cloud computing economics (Taylor, 2022).
Discuss some of the advantages and disadvantages of virtualization
While Coca-Cola may want to implement virtualization because of the advantages, it
must also know that there are disadvantages associated with the same (Roomi, 2020). Some of
the advantages are the availability of compute resources all times, easy recovery, quick and easy
setup, and efficient use of computer hardware. Some of the disadvantages are high initial
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investment, security risks to data, a dip to performance, and unintended server sprawl (Roomi,
2020).
How does computer virtualization differ from the “cloud” environment? How could these
two technologies complement each other if used by the company you chose in week 1?
There is a difference between cloud environment and computer virtualization. With cloud
environment, computer resources like storage and networking are distributed via the Internet. On
the other hand, virtualization is a technology through which one uses a single physical hardware
system to create multiple virtual environments. Virtualization can be used in the establishment of
cloud computing (Roomi, 2020).
References
Roomi, M. (2020).
5 Advantages and Disadvantages of Virtualization | Drawbacks & Benefits of
Virtualization.
https://www.hitechwhizz.com/2020/05/advantages-and-disadvantages-
drawbacks-and-benefits-of-virtualization.html
Taylor, K. (2022).
Virtualization in Cloud Computing| Pros & Cons of Virtual Platform.
https://www.hitechnectar.com/blogs/pros-cons-virtualization/
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