It’s no exaggeration to say that virtualized infrastructure is ubiquitous. According to one study, more than 92 percent of businesses in North America and Europe rely on server-virtualization technology.¹ However, the workloads that are run in those virtualized environments, and the types of businesses that run those workloads, can vary dramatically. Small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) often host a wide mix of server workloads on a single, reliable server. Businesses of all sizes host database workloads on virtual machines (VMs). And some businesses, such as healthcare organizations, might serve virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) to users from a single, efficient physical server.