VMware License Changes Could Spark A Wave Of Data Center 'Devirtualization'
ITPro, Friday, July 12th, 2024
The increased costs associated with Broadcom's VMware acquisition is one of the key drivers behind this predicted shift
Businesses could start shifting their workloads back into physical servers due to increasing virtualization costs, Gartner has reported as part of its 2024 Hype Cycle for Data Center Infrastructure Technologies report.
Gartner defines this process as 'devirtualization,' the act of moving a workload or application from a 'hypervisor-based virtualized host' to a physical host that's formed of server hardware, operating systems, and management tools.
The initial move to devirtualization may be 'triggered' by issues of cost, which are being driven by the movement from perpetual license to capacity consumption models, the consultancy firm stated.