What is the process of partitioning the resources of a single server into multiple virtual servers called?

• A. Server Virtualization
• B. Network Virtualization
• C. Storage Virtualization
• D. Application Virtualization

Answer: (A)

Partitioning the resources of a single server into multiple virtual servers is called server virtualization. This creates multiple virtual machines on one physical host, each with its own virtual CPU, memory, storage, and network interface, managed by a hypervisor. The hypervisor ensures isolation so activity in one virtual machine doesn’t impact the others, while sharing the underlying hardware. This setup allows you to run different operating systems on a single machine, improve resource utilization, scale quickly, and migrate or snapshot virtual machines as needed. Other virtualization types focus on different resources—virtual networks, virtual storage pools, or running applications independently of the underlying OS.