In November I visited the VMware users group for the Phoenix area and one of the big topics was P2V. Not enough can be said about all the challenges there are to successfully convert physical servers to virtual servers (P2V), especially when your data center has hundreds of servers with various configurations and operating systems. Sometimes [...]
Finding servers which are the “Best Fit” canadates for virtualization can be tricky. I have put together the following criteria checklist to help determine whether a new server provision or a P2V should use virtualization. The Best Fit checklist uses my own criteria and weight recommendations but it can be modified with more liberal values. [...]
10 Biggies to Help Managers and Admins Avoid Virtualization Pit-Falls I wish this information was available 10 years ago when I started working with virtualization, but then again, like many reading this, I thought I was an expert and didn’t need it. Now I see myself as a student because of how fast virtualization is changing. 1. [...]
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