Cost savings - You don’t need to buy a new machine if you want to run a different operating system (OS) on your existing machine. You create a VM with the new OS and run it on your machine with virtualization software., Efficiency - You can run multiple VMs on a single physical computer to handle different types of workloads and increase its utilization. VMs enable you to reduce computing resource waste due to under-utilized servers., Reusability - A virtual machine image defines all of the configuration, software, and applications that are installed in a VM. You can duplicate a VM image on one or more physical hosts without creating a new VM from scratch., Portability - You can also copy a VM image to a different host for backup purposes., Host - The physical computer where a VM runs., Hypervisor - A software layer on a host computer, that allows a VM running on that host access to the hosts' physical resources., Virtualization - Enables you to create multiple VMs, each with its own OS and applications, on one physical computer., VM - A software-based computer that runs inside a physical computer.,

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