These news, tips and articles, written by industry experts, provide IT decision makers with key information needed when selecting platforms for virtualization.
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IBM shop plans 50:1 VMware ratio, storage virtualization Published by: SearchServerVirtualization.com | 16 Apr 2007 ARTICLE - Working with IBM, the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center is using VMware, virtualization capabilities in AIX 5.3 and storage virtualization to boot.
Using Xen in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5: Installing guest operating systems Published by: SearchServerVirtualization.com | 26 Mar 2007 TIP - Install a guest OS on Xen in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 by following Bernard Golden's step-by-step guide. Watch for warnings about complications wrought by new Intel and AMD chips.
Microsoft's virtualization capabilities: P2V, VMs per server, naming VMs Published by: SearchServerVirtualization.com | 29 May 2007 TIP - In this Q&A, Serdar Yegulalp looks at the good, the bad and the OK aspects of Microsoft's virtualization offerings, particularly Microsoft Virtual Server.
Optimizing Hyper-V performance: Monitoring tips TIP - Optimally configure Hyper-V virtual machines with tools like Task Manager and by using vendor-supported guest OSes. This tip offers the brass tacks on optimizing Hyper-V.
Getting started with Citrix XenServer 4.1 TIP - Xen-based virtualization from Citrix offers several different platforms. Find the one that is right for you with the help of this tip.
SWsoft Virtuozzo: An alternative to VMware VDI? ARTICLE - Here's a novel idea: Rather than use VMware VDI to centralize your desktops, consider container-style virtualization from SWsoft's Virtuozzo.
Xen proponents question merits of Red Hat KVM hypervisor ARTICLE - Red Hat's new KVM-based hypervisor may be easier to install alongside Linux, but paravirtualized offerings like Citrix's Xen still trump the new hypervisor, say KVM detractors.
Where's proof that Oracle VM outperforms the competition? ARTICLE - Oracle says that its Xen-based hypervisor Oracle VM outperforms competitors like VMware. So why can't Oracle produce data or users to vouch for its virtualization software?
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