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Reducing IT costs with server virtualization

• Is there a magic number: Finding the best server consolidation ratio

  A high server consolidation ratio means better resource utilization but often mean diminished resiliency and longer recovery times.  Continue Reading

• Quantifying virtualization ROI

  Site expert Scott Feuless answers a user question on how to quantify your company's virtualization ROI.  Continue Reading

• How to overcome business unit objections to virtualization

  Having trouble convincing the business unit to virtualize your data center? Expert Scott Feuless offers some suggestions to help persuade them in this expert response.  Continue Reading

• Virtualization cost savings

  Virtualization results in cost savings, but where? Scott Feuless tells you where in this expert response.  Continue Reading

• How to determine what to virtualize

  In the process of deciding which aspects of your data center should be virtualized? Expert Scott Feuless offers some suggestions in this expert response.  Continue Reading

• Threats to your virtualization initiative

  Avoid threats that could hamper your virtualization initiative in this expert response from Scott Feuless.  Continue Reading

• Will virtualization leave Linux behind?

  Virtualization is having a positive impact on Windows based applications, but will it leave Linux behind? Bernard Golden weighs in with his thoughts in this expert response.  Continue Reading

• How to determine which physical servers are good virtual machine candidates

  Having trouble determining which physical servers should be virtualized? Expert Ron Oglesby offers his thoughts in this expert response.  Continue Reading

• How do I convince my business unit to virtualize a server?

  Trying to convince the people who pay for your data center to virtualize? Expert James Geis offers some arguements to use in this expert response.  Continue Reading

• How do I know if a server can be virtualized?

  Find out if your servers are virtualization enabled in this expert response from James Geis.  Continue Reading

• Does VMware have memory sharing capability?

  VMware is the standard in virtualization, but does it support memory sharing? Site expert Andrew Kutz has the answer in this expert response.  Continue Reading

• Does Virtual Server have memory share capability?

  Can Microsoft Virtual Server share memory like VMware? Serder Yegulap has the answer.  Continue Reading

• More virtualization limits

  After reading , a reader wanted to know if there was more he should be concerned about. In this ...  Continue Reading

• Newbie VMware questions

  No question is too "beginner" for our experts. In this answer, Anil Desai helps a reader learn some basics about using VMware and virtualization.  Continue Reading

• What type of virtualization should I use?

  Trying to decide which form of virtualization to use? This expert response helps you determine whether you should look at server virtualization products or application virtualization products.  Continue Reading