physical computer

A virtual machine is a software implementation of a computer that runs programs as if it is a physical computer.

This server must be a different physical computer from the one that you will use to install the main part of this sample.

A node here is a logical entity; for our simple example, all three of these nodes could be on the same physical computer.

The term Web server is sometimes also used to refer to the physical computer that runs Web server software.

Vertical scaling refers to running multiple application servers on a single physical computer.

Multiple nodes can exist on the same computer, but for this article, we will assume that only one node exists per physical computer.

Multiple Team Foundation Server instances on a single physical computer are not supported.

The resources of the physical computer are shared to create the virtual machines.

Assign each LPAR a unique GUID index within each physical computer to distinguish the different LPARs using InfiniBand.

Also, if a problem occurs on the physical computer, this introduces a single point of failure.

A logical grouping of one or more servers located on the same physical computer.

Repeat Step 1 for each physical computer.

Both roles can run on one physical computer.