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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 (22) , EXPERT TECHNICAL ADVICE (33) , REFERENCE & LEARNING (4) , WEBCASTS (4)


NEWS: 1 - 3 of 22


	Distributed Power Management to bring power efficiency to vSphere SearchServerVirtualization.com \| 06 May 2009 ARTICLE - The Distributed Power Management feature in VMware vSphere will bring benefits to IT shops that suffer from regular server downtime.


	As IT budgets decline, old servers called to virtualization duty SearchServerVirtualization.com \| 10 Apr 2009 ARTICLE - In the economic downturn, some IT managers have turned to their existing older servers for VMware virtualization.


	VMware 'guarantees' 50% hardware savings: News in brief SearchServerVirtualization.com \| 06 Apr 2009 ARTICLE - In today's news in brief, VMware Professional Services won't charge for its services until it saves customers 50% on server hardware.


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EXPERT TECHNICAL ADVICE: 1 - 3 of 33


	Virtualization deployment: The assessment and planning phases Submitted By: SearchServerVirtualization.com \| 03 Jun 2009 TIP - An expert explains the key phases of virtualization deployment projects and outlines the core tasks in the assessment and planning stages.


	Why virtual systems management tools are central to green IT strategy 02 Jun 2009 TIP - Virtualization is central to many companies' green computing strategies. But effective green IT enlists virtual systems management tools for capacity planning and more.


	With Hyper-V's clustering and storage, who needs HA? 04 Mar 2009 TIP - Hyper-V's critics say that its lack of high availability (HA) makes it inferior to VMware. But with Windows clustering and storage options present in Hyper-V, SMBs may not need HA.


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REFERENCE & LEARNING: 1 - 3 of 4


	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.


	Server Consolidation Joan Goodchild \| 12 Jun 2006 PODCASTS: VIRTUAL CONVERSATIONS - Reporter Joan Goodchild talks with industry analysts and virtualization evangelists about the pros and cons of using virtualization technology for server consolidation.


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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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