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ALSO CALLED: Virtualization DEFINITION: Hardware virtualization is when the virtual machine manager is embedded in the circuits of a hardware component instead of being called up from a third-party software application. The virtual machine manager is called a hypervisor. The job of the hypervisor is to control processor, memory and other firmware resources. The hypervisor acts like a traffic cop, allowing multiple operating systems to run … Definition continues below.
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Introduction to Virtual Desktop Architectures sponsored by RingCube Technologies, Inc. WHITE PAPER: Enterprises have embraced various forms of virtualization during the past few decades including server, storage and desktop virtualization. In this paper, we will describe several desktop virtualization architectures, and the success criteria required for each. Posted: 01 Dec 2009 \| Published: 01 Dec 2009 TOPICS: Cooling Capacity \| Data Center Management \| Desktop Virtualization \| Server Consolidation \| Server Virtualization \| Storage Virtualization \| Virtual Desktop Infrastructure \| Virtual Machine Monitor

Top 10 Reasons for a Server Refresh sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel WHITE PAPER: This paper provides the top 10 reasons for a server refresh, including power and cooling savings, consolidation and virtualization, and improved performance. Posted: 27 Nov 2009 \| Published: 27 Nov 2009 TOPICS: Data Center Consolidation \| Data Center Cooling \| Data Center Management \| Data Center Networking \| Data Center Power Management \| Data Centers \| Server Consolidation \| Server Hardware \| Server Management \| Server Virtualization

Business Ready Configuration for Virtualization: A Solution Guide for Dell PowerEdge R710 Servers, Dell MD3000i Storage, and Microsoft Hyper-V sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel WHITE PAPER: This white paper provides reference architectures and best practices for deploying and configuring Dell’s eleventh generation R710 server, using Dell MD3000i Storage Array and Microsoft Virtualization. The solution is based upon iSCSI storage technology as the storage environment. Posted: 24 Nov 2009 \| Published: 24 Nov 2009 TOPICS: Data Center Design \| Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency \| Data Center Management \| Server Hardware \| Server Management \| Server Virtualization \| Server Virtualization Software \| Storage Hardware \| Storage Management

Business Ready Configurations for Virtualization with Dell™ Poweredge™ Blade Servers, Dell Equallogic™ Storage, and VMware Infrastructure™ sponsored by Dell, Inc. and Intel WHITE PAPER: This white paper provides an overview of recommended servers, storage, software, and services. It can be used to plan, scope, and procure the required components to set up a virtualization infrastructure. Posted: 24 Nov 2009 \| Published: 24 Nov 2009 TOPICS: IT Infrastructure \| IT Spending \| Server Hardware \| Server Virtualization \| Server Virtualization Software \| Storage Devices \| Storage Hardware \| Storage Infrastructure

Top 10 Virtualization Myths sponsored by Microsoft Corporation India Pvt Ltd WHITE PAPER: It seems that there are a lot of myths floating around regarding virtualization technologies. This paper explores and subsequently debunks the top 10 myths about virtualization. Posted: 24 Nov 2009 \| Published: 24 Nov 2009 TOPICS: Data Center Consolidation \| High Availability \| Server Consolidation \| Server Virtualization \| SOA \| Storage Virtualization \| Virtual Machine \| Virtual Machine Migration \| Virtualization Security

Datacenter Virtualization: Enabling a Dynamic Datacenter with Microsoft Virtualization sponsored by Microsoft Corporation India Pvt Ltd WHITE PAPER: This whitepaper examines strategies for moving an organization toward more dynamic IT using datacenter virtualization technologies. Posted: 23 Nov 2009 \| Published: 23 Nov 2009 TOPICS: Data Center Consolidation \| Data Center Design \| Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency \| Data Center Management \| Data Centers \| Microsoft Hyper-V \| Server Virtualization \| Windows Server Software

A Unified Approach to Managing the Virtual Infrastructure sponsored by Forsythe WHITE PAPER: Managing the virtual infrastructure end-to-end is becoming more challenging as virtual environments continue to grow and more data center elements meld into the "cloud". This whitepaper will discuss the push for continued virtualization and the "cloud", and present you with questions that will help you create the best organizational strategy. Posted: 23 Nov 2009 \| Published: 23 Nov 2009 TOPICS: Business Service Management \| Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency \| Data Center Management \| IT Infrastructure \| IT Management \| ITIL \| Server Virtualization \| Systems Management

The Secret of Migration Success: Developing an Effective Migration Strategy sponsored by Forsythe WHITE PAPER: In this report, we examine the pressing need within organizations and businesses for migration to advanced platforms, as well as the businessbuilding opportunities companies can leverage from the transition. Posted: 23 Nov 2009 \| Published: 23 Nov 2009 TOPICS: Applications Management \| Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency \| Data Centers \| IT Infrastructure \| IT Management \| Network Performance \| Operating Systems \| Server Management \| Server Virtualization

Future-Proofing Your HP Business Critical Infrastructure: How Tukwila Might Just Force You to Rethink Everything sponsored by Forsythe WHITE PAPER: Read this whitepaper to learn how truly future-proofing your environment involves a comprehensive approach and engagement with newer technologies and methods, aligning them with overall best practices —and strengthening your ability to innovate. Posted: 23 Nov 2009 \| Published: 23 Nov 2009 TOPICS: Business IT Alignment \| High Performance Computing \| IT Management \| Microprocessors \| Server Virtualization \| Service Level Management \| Systems Management

Successful Proof of Concepts in the Age of Desktop Virtualization sponsored by Forsythe WHITE PAPER: One of the greatest challenges facing IT professionals today is the number and variety of desktop virtualization (VDI) solutions from which they can choose. This white paper examines four major considerations for efficient, effective and successful PoC results to help you choose the proper VDI solution for your organization. Posted: 19 Nov 2009 \| Published: 19 Nov 2009 TOPICS: Applications Management \| Desktop Management \| Desktop Virtualization \| Desktop Virtualization Software \| Disaster Recovery \| Network Management \| Server Virtualization \| Virtual Desktop Infrastructure

Hurwitz: Virtualization is Not a Silver Bullet sponsored by CA WHITE PAPER: Read this white paper for a discussion of the many benefits of virtualization, how it has evolved, and how it intersects with data center optimization strategies. Posted: 19 Nov 2009 \| Published: 19 Nov 2009 TOPICS: Data Center Consolidation \| Data Center Cooling \| Data Center Design \| Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency \| Data Center Power Management \| Server Consolidation \| Server Management \| Server Virtualization \| Server Virtualization Software

IT Economics: CA Infrastructure Management Reduces Operational Costs and Increases IT Efficiency sponsored by CA WHITE PAPER: This white paper describes the key infrastructure management challenges facing IT managers today. It then discusses how IT teams can improve the economics of infrastructure management by taking advantage of integrated, automated performance analysis and fault isolation technologies. Posted: 19 Nov 2009 \| Published: 19 Nov 2009 TOPICS: Application Performance Management \| Applications Management \| Business IT Alignment \| IT Management \| IT Managers \| Operational Support Systems \| Server Virtualization

VMware vSphere v4 Best Practices for Emprise 7000 sponsored by Xiotech Corporation WHITE PAPER: This document provides valuable insight on determining the number and size of datastores, planning the storage environment, and tuning performance of the Emprise 7000 system. Posted: 19 Nov 2009 \| Published: 19 Nov 2009 TOPICS: Server Virtualization \| Server Virtualization Software \| Storage Management \| Storage Virtualization \| Storage Virtualization Software \| Virtualization Security \| VMware \| VMware Server

Building a Powerful, Resilient, Affordable IT Infrastructure sponsored by CompuCom and IBM WHITE PAPER: Small and midsize companies with strapped IT budgets and limited IT resources do not have to be limited to inflexible, inefficient IT infrastructures that offer unreliable IT services. Instead, smaller companies can empower their IT environments through virtualization, optimizing assets and realizing new opportunities for efficiency. Posted: 18 Nov 2009 \| Published: 18 Nov 2009 TOPICS: Server Virtualization \| Server Virtualization Software \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management Software \| Storage Resource Management \| Storage Virtualization \| Storage Virtualization Software \| Virtualization Security \| VMware

Solutions Guide: Business Ready Configurations for Data Center Virtualization sponsored by Dell and VMware WHITE PAPER: Business Ready Configurations for Virtualization are pre-configured, easy to order, bundled solutions that include Dell PowerEdge™ blade servers, Dell EqualLogic™ SAN, and VMware vSphere™. This white paper provides a detailed reference architecture for the Business Ready Configurations. Posted: 17 Nov 2009 \| Published: 17 Nov 2009 TOPICS: Blade Servers \| Data Center Construction \| Data Center Design \| Server Virtualization \| Storage Architectures \| Storage Hardware \| Storage Virtualization \| Virtual Machine \| Virtual Machine Migration \| VMware \| VMware Infrastructure 3

Dell™ \| VMware ESX/ESXi 3.5 Virtualization Reference Architecture sponsored by Dell and VMware WHITE PAPER: This white paper describes validated architectures for Dell \| VMware™ virtual infrastructures. The Virtualization RA is intended to provide customers with an example basis to consider, evaluate, and select the Dell virtualization solution components that best fit their requirements. Posted: 17 Nov 2009 \| Published: 17 Nov 2009 TOPICS: Data Center Construction \| Data Center Design \| Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency \| Server Management \| Server Virtualization \| Storage Hardware \| VMware \| VMware ESX

Business-Driven Virtualization: Optimizing Insight and Operational Efficiency in the Dynamic Datacenter sponsored by Hyper9, Inc. WHITE PAPER: In this profile you will explore how to maximize future investment returns in more detail and review the key requirements for optimization solutions. You'll then be introduced to the Virtualization Management Maturity Model, an assessment and planning guide for achieving greater operational efficiency at any stage of virtualization. Posted: 17 Nov 2009 \| Published: 17 Nov 2009 TOPICS: Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency \| Data Center Management \| Data Management Software \| ROI \| Server Consolidation \| Server Virtualization \| Service Level Management \| Systems Management \| Virtual Desktop Infrastructure

More Functionality, Less Infrastructure: Managed IT with Double-Take Flex sponsored by Double-Take Software WHITE PAPER: Double-Take Flex provides increased functionality by using your existing technology infrastructure, saving you time and money when deploying new computers, protecting workloads and migrating existing workloads to new platforms. Posted: 16 Nov 2009 \| Published: 16 Nov 2009 TOPICS: Blade Servers \| IT Management \| Managed Security Services \| Server Hardware \| Server Virtualization \| Storage Infrastructure \| Storage Management \| Storage Management Services \| Storage Resource Management

Real-Time Protection for Hyper-V sponsored by Double-Take Software WHITE PAPER: To provide disaster recovery for virtual machines running on a Hyper-V host, look to Double-Take for Hyper-V from Double-Take Software to protect your workloads with real-time replication and automated failover for virtualized workloads. Read this white paper for more details. Posted: 16 Nov 2009 \| Published: 16 Nov 2009 TOPICS: Server Management \| Server Virtualization \| Server Virtualization Software \| Storage Replication \| Storage Resource Management \| Storage Virtualization

Double-Take Workload Portability: X2X Server and Storage Migration Solutions sponsored by Double-Take Software WHITE PAPER: Double-Take Move provides migration functionality that dramatically reduces the impact and risk of migrations in the data center and across any geographic distance. Posted: 16 Nov 2009 \| Published: 16 Nov 2009 TOPICS: Data Migration \| Server Management \| Server Virtualization \| Software Migration \| Storage Management \| Storage Management Services \| Storage Management Software

Optimizing Business Service Management (BSM) in a Challenging Global Economy: Delivering Service Quality While Improving IT Efficiency sponsored by Hewlett-Packard Company WHITE PAPER: This IDC White Paper examines the roles of virtualization and automation in improving operational efficiencies. Delivering end-to-end service visibility across both physical and virtual infrastructures is a key requirement for preventing service outages or failures. Posted: 13 Nov 2009 \| Published: 13 Nov 2009 TOPICS: Business Service Management \| Change Management \| Configuration Management \| Data Center Management \| IT Management \| IT Managers \| IT Service Management \| Server Virtualization \| TCO

Virtual Desktops and the Pano System sponsored by Pano Logic, Inc WHITE PAPER: Pano Logic® is the first company to offer a complete, purpose-built solution for virtual desktops combining a unique zero-client endpoint device with centralized tools designed specifically for the tasks of deployment and managing virtual desktops. Posted: 13 Nov 2009 \| Published: 13 Nov 2009 TOPICS: Data Center Power Management \| Data Security \| Desktop Management \| Desktop Virtualization \| Desktop Virtualization Software \| Productivity \| Server Virtualization \| Virtual Desktop Infrastructure

Questions Answered In Implementing Virtual Desktops sponsored by Pano Logic, Inc WHITE PAPER: The very same virtualization infrastructure you use for your servers today can be naturally extended to support the hosting of desktops as well. As a result, users gain the flexibility of connecting to a well-managed desktop from virtually any network endpoint. But how do you get there? Posted: 13 Nov 2009 \| Published: 13 Nov 2009 TOPICS: Data Center Infrastructure Efficiency \| Data Center Management \| Desktop Management \| Desktop Virtualization \| Network Performance \| Server Consolidation \| Server Virtualization \| Virtual Desktop Infrastructure

Sun Systems for Enterprise 2.0 and Web 2.0 with MySQL sponsored by Sun Microsystems, Inc. WHITE PAPER: This paper describes the hardware and software components of Sun’s new reference architecture, Sun Systems for Enterprise 2.0 and Web 2.0 with MySQL, studies the scalability of the architecture, and includes step-by-step directions for setup and configuration. Posted: 11 Nov 2009 \| Published: 11 Nov 2009 TOPICS: Database Management \| Database Server Software \| MySQL \| Networking \| Server Management \| Server Virtualization \| Web 2.0

Seeding the Clouds: Key Infrastructure Elements of Cloud Computing sponsored by IBM WHITE PAPER: This paper describes a high-level cloud computing infrastructure services framework and the underlying technology enablers, such as virtualization, automation, self-service portal, monitoring and capacity planning. It also discusses examples of, and the value propositions for, certain data centers that have been built in this manner to date. Posted: 11 Nov 2009 \| Published: 11 Nov 2009 TOPICS: Capacity Planning \| Cloud Computing \| Data Center Management \| IT Infrastructure \| IT Service Management \| Server Virtualization

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SERVER VIRTUALIZATION DEFINITION (continued): … on the same device without requiring source code or binary changes. Each operating system appears to have the processor, memory, and other firmware resources all to itself -- but in reality, the hypervisor is controlling the processor and its resources, allocating what is needed to each operating system in turn. Hardware virtualization is an evolving technology that may become dominant, especially for server platforms, because it has the potential to facilitate the consolidation of multiple workloads on a single physical server without requiring third-party software. Getting started with hardware …
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