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Blades and virtualization learning guide
Get the most important news, tips, advice and white papers about blade servers and virtualization in this fast guide, brought to you by SearchServerVirtualization.com. Learning Guide
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FlashSoft pushes Flash virtualization: News in brief
FlashSoft now supports automated caching for Linux workloads in virtual machines; NetEx supports Hyper-V; Red Hat launches oVirt; Veeam signs on cloud service provider partners. News | 07 Oct 2011
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Virtualization management tools: The compact cars of IT
Most virtualization management tools look and feel the same these days, and IT pros are waiting to be wowed. COLUMN | 22 Sep 2011
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Xangati beefs up free VMware monitoring tool: News in brief
Netuitive adds Hyper-V support; Syncsort offers 10 minute P2V through NetApp; Oracle releases Oracle VM for x86 version 2.2.2; HP adds VAAI support to entry-level disk array. News in brief | 24 Jun 2011
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VMware to acquire Digital Fuel
VMware's latest acquisition, reportedly worth $85 million, will bolster chargeback and service-level reporting within VMware’s portfolio, the company claims. News | 14 Jun 2011
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Mind the air gap: Can security and consolidation coexist?
Segmenting data on separate physical servers isn’t the only way to ensure security these days. In many cases, virtualization does just as good a job. COLUMN | 20 May 2011
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VMware users hope PXE Manager isn't just a fling
Users say large environments could benefit from a centralized means of updating ESXi hosts, but there are some network security concerns with the PXE Manager fling. News | 28 Apr 2011
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Veeam readies capacity planning for virtualization management battle
Experts say the release of VMware vCenter Operations means the race is on in the virtualization management market to deliver the most comprehensive products at the best price. News | 25 Apr 2011
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Successful virtualization strategies learned from the airline industry
This is your captain speaking: Successful strategies from the airline industry can work just as well in virtual infrastructures. COLUMN | 18 Apr 2011
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VMware, Salesforce.com unveil VMforce: News in brief
VMware and Salesforce.com have unveiled VMforce, a cloud-based Java application development and hosting service. Article | 27 Apr 2010
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Virtualization moves from server room to classroom
The University of Buckingham created a virtual lab for students from existing virtual infrastructure resources. Article | 03 Feb 2010
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How the evolution of virtualization redefined efficient data centers
The evolution of virtualization has promoted more efficient data centers. Now IT shops can reduce costs while increasing performance. Tip
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Mitigating the risk of a second virtualization hypervisor installation
Introducing a second virtualization hypervisor into a data center can create management and capability issues. With proper planning and testing, you can overcome these challenges. Tip
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Improving business agility through capacity planning and VM management
Business agility is essential for organizations looking to stay competitive in today’s economy. Server virtualization and capacity planning are two ways to address that need. Tip
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Legacy OSes and virtual server migration challenges
Server virtualization is challenging, but it’s even more tricky when you have to coax old legacy servers or a legacy OS onto new virtualization hardware. Tip
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Determining the consolidation ratio in your server consolidation project
Once you know what makes your servers tick, you can analyze that data and decide on a consolidation ratio for your server consolidation project. Tip
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Data deduplication reduces storage requirements: Law firm case study
One large law firm objected to document storage requirements. Along with virtualization, storage consolidation and data deduplication overruled. Tip
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To consolidate or not to consolidate: Resource-intensive applications
That is the question… Should you consolidate servers with resource-intensive apps? Not necessarily. They'll have to share resources with multiple VMs. Tip
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Server consolidation planning: Easy on the memory overcommit
When you commit to a server consolidation strategy, don’t overdo the overcommit. Memory overcommit can impair VM performance if you exhaust resources. Tip
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Server consolidation strategy pitfalls: Over-consolidation
With server consolidation, it’s possible to have too much of a good thing. Over-consolidation can stretch resources to their limits. Tip
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10 GbE: Cutting cabling, boosting virtualization network management
Embrace the new age of 10 Gbps Ethernet. On a virtualization network, you can aggregate traffic on just two 10-GbE NICs instead of several 1-GbE NICs. Tip
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Servers for virtualization
Virtualization expert Andrew Kutz discusses which server is best for hosting virtual machines. Ask the Expert
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Is VDI (virtual desktop infrastructure) really all it is cracked up to be?
Expert Ron Oglesby touches on the pros and cons of VDI in this expert response. Ask the Expert
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Consolidation security issues
When consolidating your data center security issues are bound to pop up. Site expert Andrew Kutz addresses this issue in this expert response. Ask the Expert
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Management tools
A reader wanted to know what management tools he needs to run a virtualized environment. Expert Anil Desai answers his question and informs him that although similar to physical servers, virtualized servers do have their own management needs. Ask the Expert
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Does virtualization work with blade servers?
What is virtualization? Does it work with blades? Ask the Expert
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virtual LUN or thin LUN
A virtual LUN (virtual logical unit number) is a representation of a storage area that is not tied to any physical storage allocation. Virtual LUNs are used in thin provisioning (also known as virtual provisioning) for storage area network (SAN) mana... Definition
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VM stall
VM stall is the point where it becomes just as cost-effective to deploy a physical server as it is to deploy a virtual server. Definition
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live migration
Live migration is the movement of a virtual machine from one physical host to another while continuously powered-up... (Continued) Word
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virtualization
Virtualization is the creation of a virtual (rather than actual) version of something, such as an operating system, a server, a storage device or network resources. There are three areas of IT where virtualization is making headroads, network virtual... Word
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How server virtualization works
Server virtualization brings several benefits, especially when it comes to server consolidation. This video covers how server virtualization works to bring these benefits to life. Video
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How the evolution of virtualization redefined efficient data centers
The evolution of virtualization has promoted more efficient data centers. Now IT shops can reduce costs while increasing performance. Tip
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Mitigating the risk of a second virtualization hypervisor installation
Introducing a second virtualization hypervisor into a data center can create management and capability issues. With proper planning and testing, you can overcome these challenges. Tip
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Improving business agility through capacity planning and VM management
Business agility is essential for organizations looking to stay competitive in today’s economy. Server virtualization and capacity planning are two ways to address that need. Tip
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FlashSoft pushes Flash virtualization: News in brief
FlashSoft now supports automated caching for Linux workloads in virtual machines; NetEx supports Hyper-V; Red Hat launches oVirt; Veeam signs on cloud service provider partners. News
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Virtualization management tools: The compact cars of IT
Most virtualization management tools look and feel the same these days, and IT pros are waiting to be wowed. COLUMN
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FAQ: Virtual server clustering and the benefits of an HA cluster
If you want to ease VM management and server failover, create a virtual server cluster. Server clustering allows VMs to migrate to other hosts. FAQ
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Task automation and workflow orchestration with virtualization
By nature, virtualization already eliminates a lot of manual processes, but task automation and workflow orchestration can make your infrastructure even more efficient. Tutorial
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IT process automation and automated performance monitoring
IT process automation is the foundation of an automated virtual infrastructure. You can improve server automation by linking simple tasks such as VM provisioning and configuration. Tutorial
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Legacy OSes and virtual server migration challenges
Server virtualization is challenging, but it’s even more tricky when you have to coax old legacy servers or a legacy OS onto new virtualization hardware. Tip
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Determining the consolidation ratio in your server consolidation project
Once you know what makes your servers tick, you can analyze that data and decide on a consolidation ratio for your server consolidation project. Tip
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About Improving server management with virtualization
To ease server administration burdens and streamline data center management, virtualization management tools for server workload balancing, capacity planning, live migration of virtual machines, automated server provisioning, configuration management databases (CMDBs) to track change, and more have become key to using virtualization to improve data center operational efficiency, free virtualization staff for more strategic tasks and more. But as with all tools, you can't reap the benefits of simplified management without understanding how they interact with virtualized environment, the cost benefits of these tools and the complexity involved in choosing one virtual management tool over another. This section offers news and advice on managing data center infrastructure and managing physical and virtual servers with virtualization management tools. It compares tool providers' products on the basis of performance, ease of use, reliability, cost and suitability for various virtualized environments. If you're looking to evaluate virtualization management providers, learn about the latest management tools or find out how to eke the maximum benefit from your virtualized data center, check out the resources in this section.