As the economy slows down and budgets tighten up, IT professionals are being asked to do more with less. For virtualization to truly pay off it must be more than just server virtualization. Infrastructure virtualization allows you to move a failed server to a powered-off server in a matter of boot time. Backup virtualization provides a single target for backup applications to address and then manage the different hardware components in the background. Backup Virtualization dramatically lowers time to provision and offers capabilities like Thin Provisioning.”]
Source: https://www.darkreading.com/database-security/complete-virtualization