Many of the standard IT best practices apply equally to monitoring physical and virtual machines. However, when searching for tools to get the job done, there are certain features that can dramatically reduce the time and effort required to gain insight into production performance. This e-guide from SearchServerVirtualization.com provides best practices for monitoring both physical and virtual environments. Discover the differences and similarities between managing both kinds of environments. And find out how virtual machine (VM) host monitoring improves VM performance. View this resource to learn more.