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VMware vCenter Operations 5 reignites pricing debate
VMware vCenter Operations Management Suite 5.0 gives customers advanced features, but the price tag has some customers eyeing less expensive options from VKernel and Microsoft.
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Five situations where high availability is overkill
High availability technologies often seem to be an integral part of your virtual infrastructure, but here are five instances where virtualization high availability is unnecessary.
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What’s the future of multi-hypervisor management?
Multi-hypervisor management sounds great, but the tools lack critical features. Our advisory board members discuss this market’s future and potential.
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Agent-based vs. host-based backups: Which is better?
Host-based virtualization backup tools were all the rage, but now agent-based backups offer great performance while eliminating complexity.
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Debunking virtualization and ROI calculation myths
When calculating virtualization ROI, organizations must separate fact from fiction. Gain insight into five common virtualization misconceptions in this expert tip.
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Products of the Year 2011
For the Products of the Year 2011 awards, our expert judges chose the best server virtualization technologies of the year. And the winners are...
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VMware VSA capacity increases with new RAID requirements
The vSphere Storage Appliance (VSA) released with vSphere 5 now supports more usable capacity per host thanks to relaxed RAID requirements, according to a VMware blog post. RAID, or Random Array of Independent Disks, refers to the way data is striped and / or mirrored across disks to achieve redundancy. H...
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Choosing a virtualization hypervisor: Eight factors to consider
Selecting a virtualization hypervisor begins with an important choice: Do you need a hosted or bare-metal hypervisor? Once you decide which type of hypervisor you need, there are lots of factors to consider. Discover 8 key considerations in this tip.