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VMware Cloud on Dell EMC and the forthcoming AWS Outposts offer organizations rack-based hybrid cloud products that can extend their public cloud platforms to the data center.
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Optimize Docker images on Windows for better system performance
Multiple layers in a Windows Docker image can cause resource contention. Optimization requires you to limit the number of layers that you use and minimize each layer's size.
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VMware Cloud on AWS appeals to SMBs
VMware's cloud platform isn't exclusive to enterprise-level industries; smaller organizations that adopt the platform can realize cloud advantages, such as high availability and flexibility.
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Obtain, deploy and manage Oracle VM templates
Oracle VM templates, which come with a guest OS, application software and preset configurations, help admins streamline VM deployment, and they can set them up in just a few steps.
Your Collection of How-tos and Learning Materials for Hypervisors
Available in one simple download, our senior technology editor Stephen Bigelow drills into the differences between Type 1 and Type 2 hypervisors, a comprehensive definition of paravirtualization, an exploration of which Oses include paravirtualization support, and much more!
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VMware releases new version of HCX platform
The latest version of VMware HCX was designed to simplify workload migration and includes non-vSphere to vSphere migration and large-scale bulk migration.
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Enhance security for Hyper-V hosts and VMs
To successfully enhance the security of Hyper-V hosts and VMs, admins should consider network security, guarded fabric technology, Generation 2 VMs and Secure Boot.
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Oracle VirtualBox catches up to VMware Workstation
The Type 2 hypervisor debate between VMware Workstation and Oracle VirtualBox has gotten tougher as the latter has caught up. Examine their advantages to see which fits your needs.
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VM performance management Problem Solve
How to troubleshoot VM performance issues
VM troubles got you down? Never fear: Some solutions to VM performance problems are as easy as looking in the right places and asking the right questions
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Virtual server backup and storage Problem Solve
Troubleshoot the inability to create a VM on a VSAN
Monitor the performance of your VSAN and VMs to ensure one isn't affecting the other. Performance metrics and alerts can make it easy to spot VSAN issues before they affect VMs.
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What does a VM actually cost?
Proper VM cost assessment is a critical element of meaningful showback and chargeback practices in a virtual data center.
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Benefits of server virtualization (4) +
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Challenges of server virtualization (4) +
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Server virtualization hypervisors and management (10) +
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Server virtualization infrastructure and architecture (9) +
- Application virtualization
- Cloud computing architecture
- Cloud computing infrastructure
- Introduction to virtualization and how-tos
- Network virtualization
- Networking for Server Virtualization
- Server hardware and virtualization
- Using virtual machine appliances
- Virtualized clusters and high-performance computing
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Server virtualization management tools and practices (5) +
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Server virtualization security management and compliance policies (2) +
Server virtualization staffing, careers and budget
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Server virtualization strategies and use cases (5) +
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Virtualization backup and disaster recovery strategies (2) +
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Bring cloud on prem with VMware Cloud on Dell EMC, AWS Outposts
VMware Cloud on Dell EMC and the forthcoming AWS Outposts offer organizations rack-based hybrid cloud products that can extend their public cloud platforms to the data center.
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VMware Cloud on AWS appeals to SMBs
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Combine VM and container features for extended benefits
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Evaluate embedded hypervisor options
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Optimize Docker images on Windows for better system performance
Multiple layers in a Windows Docker image can cause resource contention. Optimization requires you to limit the number of layers that you use and minimize each layer's size.
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Prepare for Windows Server 2008 end of life
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Resolve common virtualization issues
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What is the difference between VMware and Hyper-V?
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Obtain, deploy and manage Oracle VM templates
Oracle VM templates, which come with a guest OS, application software and preset configurations, help admins streamline VM deployment, and they can set them up in just a few steps.
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Virtualization's role in DevOps
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How to implement GPUs for high-performance computing
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Optimize high-performance computing workloads
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E-Handbook | September 2019
How to implement GPUs for high-performance computing
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E-Handbook | March 2019
Server hardware to run ROBO virtual workloads
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E-Handbook | April 2018
What's new in private cloud management?
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E-Handbook | May 2017
If SDDC is your next-generation data center architecture, plan now
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E-Handbook | March 2017
Is cloud bursting the best solution for compute capacity overload?
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Server Virtualization Basics
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Get to know Oracle Linux Virtualization Manager
Oracle released Linux Virtualization Manager, a platform that lets admins configure, manage and monitor their virtual server environments.
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Get to know VM networking basics
Admins can create a network between isolated VMs with the help of several features and products, such as network interface cards and virtual LANs.
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How to implement GPUs for high-performance computing
IT managers must take advantage of advances in virtualization technology, such as virtual GPUs, to efficiently manage increasingly complex data center operations.
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Server virtualization infrastructure and architecture
VMware takes a two-pronged approach to GPU acceleration
The virtualization giant's recent acquisition of Bitfusion and its close partnership with Nvidia bring GPU virtualization to vSphere.
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Server virtualization management tools and practices
What's new in vSphere?
VMworld's 'What's new in vSphere?' session at VMworld is a perennial attendee favorite, but the updates were overshadowed by the hubbub around Project Pacific.
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Server virtualization management tools and practices
VMware wants on the Kubernetes bandwagon
VMware may be late to the Kubernetes party, but its plan to roll native support into vSphere could be a game changer.