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Usage Tracking Track a business' IaaS usage statistics through dashboards, metrics, and reporting. Performance Tracking Track a business' IaaS performance statistics through dashboards, metrics, and reporting. Show More ##### ## Functionality (5) Resource Auto-Scaling Scales infrastructure resources automatically to meet capacity or computational demands OS Integration Runs smoothly with a variety operating systems (Windows, Linux, etc.). Resource Saving Optimizes CPU and storage resource efficiently. Performance Management Monitors virtual workload and physical hardware performance at a glance. Security Meets data protection and compliance standards. Show More ##### ## Performance (3) Scalability Allocates host resource to create additional instances quickly. Portability Provides efficient server and storage migration between hosts. Data Recovery Creates recovery data in other hosts automatically. 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