By Staff Reporter , Updated May 07, 2021 08:54 PM EDT Close (Photo: Pexels) A virtual server shares resources of software and hardware with other OS. Virtual servers are popular because they can give more effective resource administration and are budget-friendly through server virtualization. Conventional, a physical server is dedicated to a particular operation or application with its extensive processing ability. Several physical servers need power, space, and capital to sustain. Functionality: A virtual server imitates the functionality of a physical dedicated server. Several virtual servers have to be executed on one simple metal server, all having the individual OS, free provisioning, and software. A virtual machine server works on a virtual structure, separates the physical server's network resources, and virtualization software to design virtual structures.