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November 06, 2008 06 Nov'08
AMD demos live migration between Intel and AMD processors

For the first time, AMD and Red Hat demonstrated that live migration of virtual machines across AMD and Intel Xeon-based servers is possible. To date, live migration has been possible only between similar processor families.
August 15, 2006 15 Aug'06
VMware on Mac will do little to ease desktop management pain

VMware Mac product will not impact desktop management or help standardize platforms in heterogeneous shops.

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Get to know Oracle VM VirtualBox 6.1 and learn to install it

Oracle VM VirtualBox offers a host of appealing features, such as multigeneration branched snapshots and guest multiprocessing. Continue Reading
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. Continue Reading
How to install Oracle VM Server for x86 and Oracle VM Manager

With Oracle VM Manager, not only can you easily manage VMs, you can also set up server pools, define your own networking and connect to different types of storage. Continue Reading

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Compare the top 5 bare-metal hypervisors

Hypervisors such as VMware vSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V, Citrix Hypervisor, RHV and Oracle VM Server for x86 provide value to enterprise-level data centers in different ways. Continue Reading
Evaluate Oracle VM Server as a potential hypervisor

Oracle VM provides useful features such as high availability and live migration, but it's important for admins to size the server for the workloads it's intended to host. Continue Reading
Turbonomic virtualization management: A closer look

Turbonomic -- formally known as VMTurbo Operations Manager -- is a multi-platform virtualization management and monitoring tool that supports Microsoft Hyper-V, VMware, Red Hat Linux and Citrix. Continue Reading

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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. Continue Reading
Comparing the best server virtualization management software

Read as expert Brien Posey details what server virtualization management software package would benefit your organization the most according to key criteria. Continue Reading
Oracle virtualization 101: Installing Oracle VM Server and Manager

Hop in and take a test drive with Oracle VM. The Oracle virtualization platform is easy to install, but it involves three different components. Continue Reading

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Creating virtual machines with Oracle VM VirtualBox 4

In Oracle VM VirtualBox 4, creating virtual machines is simple, and you have several options for hardware settings, memory and virtual NICs. Continue Reading
Oracle VM VirtualBox 4: An overview

It’s easy to overlook Oracle VM VirtualBox, with all the other hosted virtualization products out there. But your small environment can take advantage of many VirtualBox features. Continue Reading
Virtual desktop infrastructure with Sun Ray 2 devices

The Sun Ray 2 series of physical client devices allows you to manage bandwidth, support multimedia and gives you options for peripheral connectivity in a virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) at a competitive price. An expert looks at the ... Continue Reading