Virtualization is an enterprise for the architecture of most workloads and services in modern data centers. Virtualization brings a lot of benefits to computing, such as the improved capability to both horizontal and vertical scaling, to be able to add layers of host redundancy to support highly available solutions.
However, virtualization also introduces potential pitfalls, such as overcommitting hardware resources.
SharePoint Server is fully supported on virtualized platforms, as well as on traditional bare-metal platforms. Virtualization adds a layer of abstraction to the entire process, potentially making it more difficult to understand all of the components affecting your environment's performance.
The areas that we'll look at include the following:
- Core requirements
- Server infrastructure
- Processors
- Server roles
- Storage
- Network
- Database
Let's review each of these areas in the coming sections.
Core requirements
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