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Server consolidation with virtualization Using virtualization to consolidate servers can reduce server costs and data center footprint as well as improve data center energy efficiency and relieve the management and support hassles of maintaining the hardware. And server consolidation can often be the first step in creating a disaster recovery plan with virtualization without maintaining idle servers at a remote disaster recovery site. In this section, get company case studies, news and advice on consolidating servers with virtualization, reducing IT costs, eliminating physical server hardware costs, reducing data center footprint and need for physical space and storage, eliminating physical server sprawl and management problems, improving disaster recovery planning, and the other considerations with server consolidation.



IN THIS TOPIC:	NEWS (26) , EXPERT TECHNICAL ADVICE (41) , REFERENCE & LEARNING (5) , WEBCASTS (4)


NEWS: 1 - 3 of 26


	Top 5 challenges of virtualization SearchServerVirtualization.com \| 12 Oct 2009 ARTICLE - Learn to demonstrate ROI, whether to move to virtual desktop infrastructure and how to deal with other virtualization adoption issues.


	U.S. versus global data center trends: IT priorities vary SearchDataCenter.com \| 06 Oct 2009 ARTICLE - U.S. IT shops have been harder hit by the economic crisis than those in other countries. While the U.S. leads slightly on server virtualization, it lags on energy efficiency.


	Winning the last 5%: VMware makes the business case for virtualization SearchVMware.com \| 05 Aug 2009 ARTICLE - VMware has declared its strategy to reach the 'last 5%' of unvirtualized servers. But first it has to make the business case for virtualization to company holdouts.


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EXPERT TECHNICAL ADVICE: 1 - 3 of 41


	Optimizing server resource use with systems management tools 19 Oct 2009 TIP - Most firms making the virtualization plunge cite improving server resource utilization as the top reason. One way to achieve this is with virtual systems management tools.


	Virtualization don'ts: Neglecting VM resource allocation 23 Sep 2009 TIP - To get the most out of virtualization, here are the key steps for a successful virtual machine resource allocation strategy.


	Building the case for open source virtualization Submitted By: SearchServerVirtualization.com \| 17 Sep 2009 TIP - Virtualization with open source products can cost less and provide independence from vendor whims, and support levels can improve.


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REFERENCE & LEARNING: 1 - 3 of 5


	Server consolidation and virtualization project planning guide SearchServerVirtualization.com \| 08 Jul 2009 GUIDE - Combining server consolidation with virtualization can boost server utilization and reduce power consumption. Here are strategies to maximize server consolidation project benefits.


	Server virtualization beginner's guide 27 Aug 2007 ALL-IN-ONE GUIDES - This virtualization primer introduces virtualization from a business user and data center environment point of view. The first section offers an overview of virtualization, from what it is to how it is beneficial to IT ...


	Quiz: Virtualization vocab SearchServerVirtualization.com \| 23 Jun 2006 QUIZ - Too busy to learn? No way! Take this quiz on your lunchbreak and bone up on the basics of virtualization terms.


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WEBCASTS: 1 - 3 of 4

Blades and virtualization - Building blocks for next generation data centers in the enterprise - Expert Webcast

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PREMIERED:	25 OCT 2006, 09:00 EDT (13:00, GMT)
SUMMARY:	In this webcast, Industry Analyst Barb Goldworm discusses blade server and virtualization technologies relate, and how they can be implemented together as key building blocks for the future, delivering flexible, dynamic and more manageable Next Generation Datacenters.

Managing Real-World Virtualization: VM Profiling and Load Distribution - Expert Webcast

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PREMIERED:	26 OCT 2006, 09:00 EDT (13:00, GMT)
SUMMARY:	In part two of this four-part webcast series from SearchServerVirtualization.com, you'll get information on how to profile your virtual machines to optimize performance.

Server Consolidation in 60 Minutes - Vendor Webcast

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PREMIERED:	02 NOV 2006, 09:00 EST (14:00, GMT)
SUMMARY:	Consolidating servers in the data center isn't nearly as complicated as it sounds, as long as you've got the right information from the beginning. Attend this webcast to learn the best practices for each stage of the server consolidation process: assess, research, plan and implement.


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