With the global economic downturn, interest in virtualization offerings has never been higher. One of the main drivers behind the growing virtualization trend is its tremendous potential to lower total cost of ownership (TCO). The right hardware can make or break the success of the virtualization solutions you provide your customers. How can you be certain that the hardware behind your offerings will deliver the low TCO they expect from virtualization, while also providing the high level of quality and reliability virtualized systems require? This paper examines seven key questions you should ask yourself when choosing the prime hardware vendor for your virtualization solutions.