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First there were computers. Data centers soon needed computer management soft-
ware, especially as the number of computers grew beyond a handful. As it matured,
that software enabled people to manage the entire life cycle of computers and their
workloads: asset tracking, operating system (OS) provisioning, OS configuration,
OS modification, OS redeployment, application provisioning and configuration,
workload assignment and deployment, and resource utilization. Figure 9.1 shows
the simplicity of this model.
Figure 9.1
Before Virtualization
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