The Virtualization Room

November 2009

Red Hat virtualization: No Windows Server 2008, RHEL management
Colin Steele - Editorial Director 04 Nov 2009

The new Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization for Servers platform made its debut yesterday, with Red Hat touting it as a "standalone, lightweight, high-performance hypervisor" that "provides a solid ...

VMware: Hyper-V turns Windows into DOS
Colin Steele - Editorial Director 02 Nov 2009

The trash talk in the Microsoft vs. VMware feud once reached Reggie Miller vs. Spike Lee heights. The two companies rarely passed up the opportunity to disparage, make fun of or even spread lies ...

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VMware partnerships to trump products at VMworld 2018

VMware's tight relationship with Pivotal could be a harbinger of more vendor partnership announcements than product releases or ...

The VMware HCL: When your hardware doesn't make the cut

If the VMware hardware compatibility list makes your hardware outdated, consider delaying upgrades, reusing hardware and ...

Design a Horizon View upgrade plan

Move between VMware Horizon View versions with a careful plan to avoid issues. You should break up the process by first upgrading...

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Thorough Exchange Server testing regimen eliminates doubt

Don't assume your Exchange 2016 implementation will work because you bought the right gear. Follow these pointers to execute a ...

Organize Active Directory with these strategies

Administrators tasked with cleaning up the Active Directory user group structure need not search any further. Use these tips to ...

Adobe zero-day fix precedes June Patch Tuesday

Adobe closed a zero-day vulnerability last week, which Microsoft added to its June Patch Tuesday updates. Administrators have a ...

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Map hybrid cloud applications to your VPN address spaces

Enterprise networks can easily become your Achilles' heel in hybrid cloud. Follow this advice to effectively manage your VPN, as ...

Evaluate PaaS vendors based on these two types of features

To determine whether a PaaS provider will meet their needs, buyers should look closely at what the vendor offers for development ...

Google adds single-tenant VMs for compliance, license cares

Google continues its quest to be a more enterprise-friendly cloud, as it adds VMs with isolated hardware that could help ...

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Understand and evaluate the user profile management system

Profile management tools can help admins keep tabs on user profiles and information as long as they properly evaluate the ...

How to accurately assess your VDI hardware needs

Overestimating or underestimating hardware needs for a VDI deployment can cause major problems for IT. With a few simple pieces ...

Monitor VDI performance in these five key areas

To help maintain a good user experience, IT should turn to VDI monitoring products that look at the performance of deployment ...

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Open source log management options for Linux distributions

Open source log management tools provide a variety of options and capabilities for admins who want customizable Linux log ...

Evaluate converged vs. hyper-converged infrastructure benefits

Many IT admins wonder if their data center can benefit from hyper-converged or converged infrastructure. To choose the right one,...

Do I need converged or hyper-converged infrastructure appliances?

Scalability, risk tolerance and cost all factor into the decision between converged and hyper-converged infrastructure. The two ...