虚拟化定义 分区_定义了虚拟化和“即服务”平台

虚拟化定义 分区

A couple of months ago, a question was posed on LinkedIn: “What is your definition of Cloud?” followed immediately by “What is your definition of Virtualization?” It prompted me to respond with a carefully articulated response that made me realize just how fuzzy these terms continue to be.

几个月前，在LinkedIn上提出了一个问题：“您对Cloud的定义是什么？” 紧随其后的是“您对虚拟化的定义是什么？” 它促使我以认真表达的回应做出回应，这使我意识到这些术语仍然是多么的模糊。

The United States National Institute of Standardization and Technology (NIST) puts out a very good explanation of the critical aspects of what makes “cloud computing”, well, “cloud computing”. But even terms such as “virtualization” are not as cut and dried as many in the industry presume.

美国国家标准化技术研究院(NIST)对“云计算”，“云计算”的构成要素进行了很好的解释。 但是，甚至诸如“虚拟化”之类的术语也没有像业界所认为的那样枯燥乏味。

什么是虚拟化？ (What is Virtualization?)

There is virtualization at nearly every level to one degree or another, from the hardware to the application, and one can argue, even the data. So let’s start with what virtualization means and what, in that context, Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS), and Software as a Service (SaaS) means.

从硬件到应用程序，几乎每个级别都有一个或多个级别的虚拟化，甚至可以争论数据。 因此，让我们从虚拟化的含义开始，在这种情况下，基础架构即服务(IaaS)，平台即服务(PaaS)和软件即服务(SaaS)意味着什么。

Virtualization means simply the abstraction of the solution from the infrastructure required to support it. This can be internal or external and can apply at any level of the computer stack, from the hardware to the application itself. Indeed, IaaS/PaaS/SaaS are in fact, just that. They are all virtualization solutions, just at different levels of the computing stack. IaaS, for example, is aimed at virtualizing the hardware from the operating system. SaaS, however, is virtualizing the application from the operating system.

虚拟化意味着简单地从支持该解决方案所需的基础架构中抽象解决方案。 它可以是内部的，也可以是外部的，并且可以应用于计算机堆栈的任何级别，从硬件到应用程序本身。 实际上，IaaS / PaaS / SaaS就是这样。 它们都是虚拟化解决方案，仅位于计算堆栈的不同级别。 例如，IaaS旨在虚拟化操作系统中的硬件。 但是，SaaS正在从操作系统虚拟化应用程序。

So that leaves the nagging question: “What makes ‘as a Service’ different from the existing virtualization solutions?” That is the heart of the topic here today. What is, “X as a Service” where X is whatever is being virtualized? The good news is that it’s not really a new technology – more an exercise in branding, but it helps have an understanding of computer and virtualization history.

这样就留下了一个棘手的问题：“什么使“即服务”与现有的虚拟化解决方案不同？” 这就是今天这里的主题的核心。 什么是“ X即服务”，其中X是