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Virtualization contains many different aspects. Each of which have some advantages and disadvantages. Two virtualization components are storage virtualization and data virtualization.

Storage virtualization involves taking the amount of storage on the system to be assigned to the virtual machines, which makes the storage efficiency even greater and assures that storages changes to one VM do not affect the other VMs (GeeksforGeeks, 2025; Naik, 2024). For a company or organization, taking advantage of the amount of available storage is beneficial. However, this does make management of the virtual machines more complex, and using virtualization would be costly at first (GeeksforGeeks, 2024; GeeksforGeeks, 2025). This must be taken into account before opting to use virtual machines.

Data virtualization is taking the combined data and creating a virtual data layer that shows the data all in one place (GeeksforGeeks, 2025; Naik, 2024). Having centralized control from virtualization gives IT professionals more convenience and saves their time. However, a risk with data virtualization is that using a third party’s platform could make the data open to attacks (GeeksforGeeks, 2025; GeeksforGeeks, 2024). As a result, security measures (as with any device or group of devices) must be put in place.

References
GeeksforGeeks. (2024, June 11). Pros and Cons of Virtualization in Cloud Computing. http://www.geeksforgeeks.org/pros-and-cons-of-virtualization-in-cloud-computing/
GeeksforGeeks. (2025, April 10). Virtualization in Cloud Computing and Types. http://www.geeksforgeeks.org/virtualization-cloud-computing-types/#types-of-virtualization
Naik, R. (2024, December 11). Understanding the Types of Virtualization in Cloud Computing. Crest Infosystems. http://www.crestinfosystems.com/types-of-virtualization/