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Right-sizing VMs improves performance, combats resource contention
Admins looking to reduce resource contention and improve system performance can right-size their VMs, but application owner pushback and software restrictions can pose issues.
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Emerging tools to help create virtualized test environments
Tools from Parasoft, HyperQube and CloudShell let admins virtualize their test environments, but admins should exercise caution as product direction and design continue to evolve.
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VMware pricing change limits CPUs to 32 cores per license
VMware moved its per-CPU licensing plan closer to competitors' per-core licensing plans by requiring one license for CPUs with 32 cores.
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Master VMware templates for VM creation and management
Admins who use vSphere and VM templates can improve VM operations and increase data center efficiency through configuration and management best practices.
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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Master VMware templates for VM creation and management
Admins who use vSphere and VM templates can improve VM operations and increase data center efficiency through configuration and management best practices.
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Best practices for Hyper-V template creation
Admins can streamline template creation through Hyper-V SCVMM with a few best practices, such as evaluating whether a VM is the right fit for template creation.
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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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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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- 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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Emerging tools to help create virtualized test environments
Tools from Parasoft, HyperQube and CloudShell let admins virtualize their test environments, but admins should exercise caution as product direction and design continue to evolve.
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Edge virtualization manages the data deluge, but can be complex
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Explore native and third-party VM automation tools' features
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An introduction to VMware vRealize Operations Cloud
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Virtualization challenges that negatively affect your systems
Virtualization provides lower costs and improved productivity, but these benefits can be offset by certain challenges, such as unresponsive VMs and VM network latency.
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Optimize Docker images on Windows for better system performance
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Prepare for Windows Server 2008 end of life
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Resolve common virtualization issues
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Nvidia helps conceptualize VMware GPU virtualization
Nvidia and VMware announced a plan to bring vGPUs to VMware Cloud on AWS, which will provide customers with more options for implementing GPU-accelerated workloads.
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Right-sizing VMs improves performance, combats resource contention
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Increase data center efficiency with the NSX-T load balancer
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RHV 4.3 updates to Cockpit are minor, but beneficial
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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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Master VMware templates for VM creation and management
Admins who use vSphere and VM templates can improve VM operations and increase data center efficiency through configuration and management best practices.
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Best practices for Hyper-V template creation
Admins can streamline template creation through Hyper-V SCVMM with a few best practices, such as evaluating whether a VM is the right fit for template creation.
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Increase data center efficiency with the NSX-T load balancer
When creating a load balancer, the NSX-T Data Center software is a likely contender, but you must have the necessary NSX-T components, such as tier 0 and tier 1 routers, before beginning.
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VMware pricing change limits CPUs to 32 cores per license
VMware moved its per-CPU licensing plan closer to competitors' per-core licensing plans by requiring one license for CPUs with 32 cores.
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Server virtualization staffing, careers and budget
'Limited' number of VMware layoffs confirmed in 'rebalancing'
VMware says the layoffs will allow the company to better focus on helping corporate users figure out their multi-cloud strategies and affected workers may be reassigned.
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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.