Server Virtualization is the process of presenting a logical grouping or subset of computing resources so that they can be accessed in ways that give benefits over the original configuration. This new virtual view of the resources is not restricted by the implementation, geographic location or the physical configuration of underlying resources. Commonly virtualized resources include computing power and data storage.
Server Virtualization
Top Five Hyper-V Best Practices
published by NetApp on Mar 09, 2010
NetApp best practices cover important new features of Microsoft® HyperV™ as well as lessons learned from numerous deployments. Learn how to configure networks, set appropriate iGroups and LUN types, avoid alignment problems, and configure CSVs.
Discovering Improved Data Protection Strategies for the Virtual World
published by NetApp on Mar 09, 2010
This report examines the impact that virtualization has on data protection and disaster recovery and the need for highly virtualized servers and storage within this context.
Technical Report: NetApp Solutions Guide
published by NetApp on Mar 09, 2010
This document provides guidance on how to design and architect a scalable Microsoft applications mixed workload solution on highly available VMware vSphere 4 virtual infrastructure and NetApp unified storage.
NetApp Storage Best Practices for Microsoft Virtualization
published by NetApp on Mar 09, 2010
This technical report (TR) provides guidelines and best practices for integrated architectures and implementations of Microsoft® Hyper-V with NetApp® storage solutions.
IDC Expert ROI Spotlight
published by NetApp on Mar 09, 2010
This case study outlines how Gateway Health realized a 291% ROI by using NetApp solutions to reduce infrastructure costs, increase IT staff efficiency and increase user productivity through simplification and virtualization of their SAN environment.
ESG Report: Storage Efficiency Strategies for Microsoft Application Environments
published by NetApp on Mar 09, 2010
This paper addresses the many Exchange, SQL Server, and SharePoint implementations running on inefficient storage infrastructures, limiting scalability and complicating what should be fairly simple storage management tasks.
Technical Report: NetApp and VMware Building a Virtual Infrastructure from Server to Storage
published by NetApp on Mar 09, 2010
This document discusses the virtual storage solutions that reduce cost, increase storage utilization, increase fault tolerance, and address the challenges of backing up and restoring VMware ESX Server environments by using Network Appliance technology.
The Economic Impact of File Virtualization
published by F5 Networks Inc on Feb 25, 2010
Reducing Costs and Improving Efficiency for File-Based Storage.
Load Balancers Are Dead: Time to Focus on Application Delivery
published by F5 Networks Inc on Feb 24, 2010
This research shifts the attention from basic load-balancing features to application delivery features to aid in the deployment and delivery of applications.
Connecting to the Cloud with F5 and VMware VMotion
published by F5 Networks Inc on Feb 24, 2010
Moving your applications and services transparently between clouds is now possible with F5 and VMware.
Optimize VMware View VDI Deployments with F5
published by F5 Networks Inc on Feb 24, 2010
Learn how to make your VDI deployment a success and keep the user experience on par with a local desktop.
VMware DRS: Why You Still Need Assured Application Delivery and Application Delivery Networking
published by F5 Networks Inc on Feb 24, 2010
Discover the tools to create the next-generation data center and enable a true Virtual Data Center that is fluid, mobile and has limitless growth.
Storage Efficiency Strategies for Microsoft Application Environments
published by NetApp DWA on Feb 22, 2010
This paper addresses the many Exchange, SQL Server, and SharePoint implementations running on inefficient storage infrastructures, limiting scalability and complicating what should be fairly simple storage management tasks.
Virtualization: Optimized Power and Cooling to Maximize Benefits
published by APC by Schneider Electric on Dec 17, 2009
Data centers are routinely and unknowingly missing a great portion of their entitlement from virtualization. Beyond virtualization's undisputed IT benefits - from reduced rack footprint to disaster recovery - is the parallel story of a substantial benefit from optimizing the physical infrastructure that supports it.
The ROI of Application Delivery Controllers in Traditional and Virtualized Environments
published by F5 Networks Inc on Nov 03, 2009
How modern offload technologies in Application Delivery Controllers can drastically reduce expenses in traditional and virtualized architectures, with a fast ROI.
Solutions to the Top Ten IT System Management Pain Points
published by Kaseya B2Lead on Mar 01, 2010
This fact-filled white paper presents the top ten IT management pain points and the solutions for making your life easier.
Virtualization Sanity Check: Stopping the Sprawl with Complete IT Visibility
published by ASG Software Solutions on Feb 24, 2010
Virtualization continues to grow at 20 percent or more per year, but it is not expected to overtake existing physical architectures at least through 2010. This white paper examines the unique challenges of virtualization and offers tips for its successful management alongside IT's physical deployments.
Third-Party White Paper by EMA: Managing Business Service Performance in a Virtual Environment
published by ASG Software Solutions on Feb 22, 2010
Business Service Management (BSM) is of growing importance in the IT world. By managing IT systems according to the business services they support - like order entry, online sales, shipping, or customer service - IT is able to deliver on real business goals like providing competitive advantage, improving customer satisfaction, driving revenue growth, and increasing shareholder value.
ASG's Business Service Portfolio Virtualization Management
published by ASG Software Solutions on Feb 19, 2010
ASG's Business Service PortfolioT (BSPT) Virtualization Management provides comprehensive oversight, inspections, discoveries, warnings, diagnostics, and reporting for the critical technology and administrative disciplines involved in virtual workload management. This is all done in parallel with physical systems management.
Making the Business Case for Data Centre Consolidation
published by Oracle Corp. on Jan 11, 2010
Virtualization has brought undoubted benefits to organizations forced with consolidating data centers. However, despite its triumphs in large-scale organizations, virtualization can fall short in safeguarding against unplanned downtime or consolidating beyond servers in areas of storage, data, and applications. According to this IDG white paper, next-generation grid-based solutions and strategies are now addressing the same issues that virtualization can tackle, but without compromising uptime and service delivery. Read ahead to see how grid computing is delivering above and beyond the promises of virtualization.
Guide to Reducing IT Costs Through Virtualization With Blades
published by Sun Microsystems on Jan 11, 2010
This free white paper from the experts at IDC posits solutions to the key problems posed by data center crowding: geometrically growing power and cooling costs; the spiraling cost of management; and the sheer number of server footprints.
Guide to Cost-Effectively Refreshing Aging Servers
published by Sun Microsystems on Jan 11, 2010
This free white paper from the experts at IDC posits solutions to the key problems posed by data center crowding: geometrically growing power and cooling costs; the spiraling cost of management; and the sheer number of server footprints.
Managing Web Infrastructure Storage Cost, Complexity, and Performance
published by Sun Microsystems on Jan 11, 2010
Storage costs are exploding. The culprits, according to this white paper: new Web-based applications that demand more I/O throughput and higher performance than ever. So how can you handle this onslaught while keeping your cost per GB (and cost per user) reasonable?
Reducing Storage Complexity
published by Sun Microsystems on Jan 11, 2010
The experts at IDC predict that external disk storage capacity will grow 50% through 2010. In this free white paper, they'll show you how to simplify managing all that extra data while lowering costs, by implementing unified storage.
What Is Open Storage? The Need for a New Storage Architecture
published by Sun Microsystems on Jan 11, 2010
This free white paper reveals how businesses are benefiting from latest generation of open storage systems. Years ago, all servers were closed and proprietary; then open systems hit the market, combining rapid technological innovation with market-driven choice. In the white paper, you'll explore how open architectures are helping some of today's best-known enterprise names stay flexible and profitable.
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