server virtualization

LinuxInsider: "Server virtualization for aggregation replaces the functionality of custom and proprietary chipsets with software and utilizes only a tiny fraction of a system's CPUs and RAM to provide chipset-level services without sacrificing system performance."

ServerWatch: "Considering a switch to a virtualized infrastructure strikes fear into the hearts of even the most educated among today's CIOs.

Technology confusion and vendor choices aside, the physical-to-virtual transition dread stems from security concerns, performance uncertainty and scalability questions.

Red Hat's Kernel Virtual Machine (KVM) attempts to answer those trepidations positively."

eWeek: "Red Hat officials said the platform—which includes as standalone hypervisor and manage-ment software—offers users better performance at a lower cost than com-peting products from VMware and Microsoft.

A management solution for virtualized desktop environments will be available in early 2010, they said."

Success with server virtualization is leading many firms to explore the next frontier—virtualizing employee desktops.

This paper explores the hurdles any desktop virtualization program needs to overcome.

Novell Inc.’s recent coup of achieving bidirectional virtualization with Microsoft’s Hyper-V — SUSE Linux Enterprise can run as a guest on Hyper-V and Hyper-V on SUSE — is a huge step forward for interoperability.

On the first day of VMware's VMworld conference happening in Las Vegas this week, Citrix Systems -- a competitor of VMware that's also at the conference -- announced the release of XenServer 5, the latest version of its server virtualization solution.

Server virtualization adds IT management complexities that can be difficult to grasp, especially if IT has not yet implemented consistent, repeatable processes.

IT must use virtualization as a strategic practice that enables it to deliver on increasingly difficult requirements for the business.

Comprehensive monitoring, analysis, diagnostic, and alerting solutions across both physical and virtual servers make it possible to meet business requirements and become more proactive.

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Adoption of virtualization is concentrated among large enterprises, while adoption by mid-sized companies has been much slower.

For these companies, the cost and complexity of server virtualization solutions has been a barrier. In this paper, we discuss how Citrix XenServer provides simple, economical server virtualization for any size company.

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Adoption of virtualization is concentrated among large enterprises, while adoption by mid-sized companies has been much slower.

For these companies, the cost and complexity of server virtualization solutions has been a barrier. In this paper, we discuss how Citrix XenServer™ provides simple, economical server virtualization for any size company.

Read it now! (PDF, 8 pages)