We take a break from the norm of extolling the virtues of virtualization to shed some light on those situations when it's important to just say no.
While some surveys peg hypervisor usage of Red Hat's KVM at a meager 0.5%, support for KVM from vendors tells a different story.
You have to balance adequate failover capacity with the ability to remain productive and cost-efficient. Admission control in VMware allows you to do both.
For better virtual machine performance and better management integration, install XenServer Tools. But for Microsoft's newest operating systems, there's a catch.
What will it take for virtual desktop infrastructure to move beyond the proof of concept stage? Virsto believes it has the answer in its new storage virtualization software.
The software-defined data center is not a threat to server vendors.
Net Optics extends support across Xen, Oracle VM, vSphere 5 and KVM.
Significant signs are starting to emerge that network virtualization is a technology whose time is about to arrive.
The company is currently giving away its Management Pack for free, but there's a catch of course -- three, in fact.
If Red Hat has its way, the Big Three of virtualization will expand to be the Big Four. With RHEV 3, Red Hat may have taken a big step in that direction.
Citrix XenServer may not be the most advanced or robust server virtualization platform, but organizations with simple virtualization requirements or those looking for a supplementary virtualization solution will be more than satisfied with it.
Predicting the future of a hot technology is never easy, but one CTO weighs in on what he anticipates will go on in the server virtualization market next year.
Hyper-V may not be today's virtualization market leader, but don't count on it to play second fiddle forever. The virtualization platform is catching up fast, and its low price point makes it an increasingly easier sell.
VMware reigns as leader of the server virtualization market, offering a product range spans from simple server consolidation for SMBs to data center automation and fully fledged cloud computing environments for enterprises and service providers.
For large enterprises, choosing a management system typically parallels their choice of hypervisor vendor -- generally, VMware, Microsoft, Red Hat or Citrix. Smaller organizations aren't so lucky. Virtualization Manager from Solarwinds just may fill that gap.
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cloud computing, server virtualization, hypervisor, Virtualization Management, public cloud
With the capabilities of virtualization technology now exceeding those of the management systems most enterprises use to control their IT environments, a new set of of complexities has arisen. A recent survey commissioned by Veeam Software provides insight on what has happened and the impact.
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server virtualization, hypervisor, Virtualization Management, Veeam
When it comes to beefing up the security of your virtualized IT environment, to whom are you going to turn?
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security, virtualization technology, server virtualization, hypervisor, Security Advisory
A lack of understanding of security risks is one of the key factors hampering cloud computing adoption. Find out the five most overlooked threats to the technology.
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cloud computing, security, virtualization, cloud security, hypervisor
10 predictions based on server trends and server hardware evolution. How accurate will they be?
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SSD, server hardware, hypervisor, OS, 2011
Virtualization and cloud were key components of two recent OS releases: Fedora Linux 14 and Windows Server 2008 SP1. Suddenly, the OS isn't such a dinosaur after all.
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Fedora, server virtualization, hypervisor, Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, desktop virtualization
ConVirt 2.0 Enterprise edition adds role-based VM access control for admins.
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hypervisor, KVM, Xen, hypervisor management
For a point release, vSphere 4.1 packs an awful lot of new features, functionality and improvements. And it's SMB friendly, to boot.
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cloud computing, server virtualization, hypervisor, VMware, vSphere
The company says support for Microsoft Windows XP as a guest operating system for Wind River Hypervisor is now available.
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virtualization technologies, Windows XP, hypervisor, guest operating system
As the hypervisor transforms enterprise computing, operating systems are wasting away.
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operating system, virtualization, hypervisor, application server
Citrix Systems plans to preview its bare-metal desktop and laptop PC hypervisor and update XenServer.
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Citrix, hypervisor, XenServer, bare-metal
Citrix CTO said he is unfazed by Red Hat's decision to drop the Xen hypervisor from its enterprise Linux software.
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Red Hat, Citrix, hypervisor, KVM, Xen
Will KVM will be the open source hypervisor of choice in the long term?
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Linux, Cloud, hypervisor, KVM, open-source
An update to the Xen hypervisor offers improvements to performance, memory usage and security.
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applications, hypervisor, virtual machine, Xen, VHD
Leading virtualization software vendors are behind in plans to ship bare-metal hypervisors for desktop PCs.
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virtualization, virtualization technologies, Citrix, hypervisor, VMware
The next step is integrated management that reflects the new way of doing things in the virtual world.
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virtualization, private cloud, hypervisor, VMware, next-generation
These ten virtualization companies went from a virtualization punch line to heavy hitter in a very short time.
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company, virtualization, hypervisor, trends
OS Roundup: Red Hat last week released its eagerly awaited Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager for Servers and the corresponding hypervisor. Exciting? Perhaps, but Red Hat users need not apply.
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Windows, virtualization, Red Hat, hypervisor, KVM
Virtually Speaking: Microsoft claims a 24-point increase in Hyper-V penetration, but exactly what and how it's measuring is unclear. VMware, meanwhile, may be suiting up to grow its high-end base.
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Microsoft, SMB, Hyper-V, hypervisor, VMware
Virtually Speaking: With POWER 7, Big Blue seeks to bridge the virtualization gap between x86 and the mainframe.
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IBM, virtualization, hypervisor, POWER 7, Power processor
The free version of Citrix's application is designed to simplify storage management in Microsoft-based virtual environments.
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virtualization, Citrix, Hyper-V, hypervisor
Rivals Microsoft and Xen will be there, but VMworld is VMware's show, so you can expect the current virtualization leader to unveil its latest strategy.
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Microsoft, virtualization, Hyper-V, hypervisor, VMware
