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Is virtualized computing changing application deploy methodologies? –  By Aditya Abeysinghe Bare metal server vs Virtual server A bare metal server is a single user computer used to host dedicated applications and services. These servers are not shared with other users and provide high performance. Most highly critical applications are hosted on bare metal servers due to their isolation from other user applications. As bare metal servers do not require a guest operating system (OS), there are more configuration options than in a virtual server. However, bare metal servers are more expensive compared to virtual servers and the user needs to provision and control servers. A virtual server is a server virtualized using a hypervisor and used to host applications and services. With a virtual server, a physical computer is split into many servers which share processing, network and other resources. Many servers can be used within the same hardware ...