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• Reducing CPU ready time will get your hungry VMs a seat at the table

  Throwing vCPUs at a slow VM is not the answer to better performance when CPU ready time is high. Continue Reading

• Don't stop that VM: WS 2012 R2 can resize your replica disk on the fly

  Windows Sever 2012 R2 allows Hyper-V Replica to replicate virtual machines from one server to another while running. Continue Reading

• Pinpointing application performance problems in a virtual data center

  Hardware performance is relatively easy to monitor, but acceptable hardware metrics do not always translate to smooth application performance in a virtual environment. Continue Reading

• Creating Linux container compute constrictions with cgroups

  Use cgroups to limit the resources a virtual container can consume to prevent oversubscription and contention. Continue Reading

• Windows Server storage changes and new features in 2012 R2

  Windows Server storage was a hot topic in the new release, which unveiled changes and new features that will help improve performance and efficiency. Continue Reading

• VMM eases the burden of running both Hyper-V and VMware

  If you're planning to run both VMware and Hyper-V, Microsoft's Virtual Machine Manager allows you to do so with mostly all of VMware's features.Continue Reading

• Network conflict resolution: Changing a virtual machine MAC address

  A virtual machine MAC address is randomly generated, but that doesn't guarantee you won't have duplicates. Find out how to change a VM's MAC address.Continue Reading

• Breaking the taboo of mixing test and production environments

  Server admins have been segregating test and production environments for years, and for good reason. But, it may be time to rethink traditional norms.Continue Reading

• Using libguestfs for easy and convenient VM access

  Even if your virtual machine won't power on, libguestfs has tools that can access the VM files to modify and even rescue them.Continue Reading

• Resistance is futile: Five ways to secretly virtualize a server

  Facing resistance against virtualization? Here are five ways to virtualize a server on your own without anyone knowing about it.Continue Reading

• Five mistakes to avoid when developing a server consolidation plan

  There's a lot to consider when developing a server consolidation plan. Don't fall victim to these five common oversights.Continue Reading

• Not so fast: VMware's NSX has hardware and software requirements

  Before you decide to use VMware's NSX network virtualization platform, be sure you know about its software and hardware requirements.Continue Reading

• How VMware NSX differs from other network virtualization software

  Network virtualization software like VMware's NSX differs from virtualization technologies like software-defined networking regarding traffic direction.Continue Reading

• Virtualization basics: Integrating VMware HA into a failover strategy

  The flexibility to move VMs among hosts is a primary advantage to virtualization, making it the perfect approach for your failover strategy.Continue Reading

• Using a differencing disk to decrease dull VM deployment duties

  A differencing disk can help you avoid monotonous VM deployments and save time, but they may not be the best choice when you need peak performance.Continue Reading