Server virtualization not only challenges network managers with consolidation and latency considerations, it also places a heavier burden on the network infrastructure going into each physical server. When a company reduces the number of physical servers, the number of people served by each server can increase proportionately. Network managers need to look at implementing high availability and data replication software to minimize the impact a server problem could have on the network.

In this eGuide from SearchNetworking.com, read about server virtualization and the network and how network management planning can help with network consolidation and network architecture.