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guest machine

In the context of server or desktop virtualisation - another term for a "virtual machine" which resides and operates within a physical computer (typically a server) which is referred to as the host machine or system.

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Server Virtualisation

This section refers to Industry Standard (or X86) Servers. Virtualisation technology has been available in Unix and Mainframe servers for many many years however, the vast majority of servers deployed are Industry Standard and it is the virtualisation of these servers which has really caught user's interest in the last few years.

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