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A quality server for a small business can be more horsepower then you will ever need. So what do you do with it besides look at it and think that's a really cool server with flashing lights on it that you want to show off to others. Or maybe the showing off part is really only cool to your IT Support team.

Here is what you do; you have the beastly server host virtual servers on it. This means a single server could take the place of several servers. This is done by having the one physical server run Windows Server on it and then having each additional virtual server run using Microsoft Virtual Server. To the users on the network this would be completely transparent with each server having its own name and function on your IT Network.

One reason you would want to go with additional servers instead of one server is for the protection of the network roles and software from one server to another. Kind of like not putting all your eggs in one basket. For example one of your servers could get a virus on it or be setup incorrectly by inexperienced IT Company. With the virtual servers you would simply have to only repair the messed up server and not the others.
Another reason you would go this route is for the flexibility of the virtual servers. Let's say your physical server is finally getting overworked, so with Virtual Servers all you would have to do is purchase another physical server and simply move one of the virtual servers from the existing physical server to the new one in only a matter of 30 minutes. This would also save you bunch of money by not having to pay your IT Support group to completely start all over with your new server.
Now to really get you hooked watch for the upcoming blog post on Microsoft Hyper-V Technology