Virtual Machine Monitor

DATA SHEET: The Hyper-V Technology Introduction with Advanced Management for Windows Server 2008 is an approximate 10 day service and consists of either a single-node implementation or dual-node highly available (HA) host-based cluster configuration and up to two servers for the System Center elements. Read this paper to learn more.

Posted: 28 Oct 2009 | Published: 28 Oct 2009

EBOOK: A tsunami of change is riding into the data center on the back of virtualization. In this eBook, you'll learn where it is today, and how to keep up with management, licensing, and much more.

Posted: 14 Oct 2009 | Published: 14 Oct 2009

VIDEO: In this videocast, learn how to optimize your virtual infrastructure performance by allocating resources properly. Gain insight into essential steps you should take to begin the optimization process. Learn how to meet business requirements while increasing resource efficiency.

Posted: 28 Sep 2009 | Premiered: 28 Sep 2009

WHITE PAPER: The User Workspace Management market is generating increasing attention from IT professionals and analysts. This White Paper provides a brief description of User Workspace Management and its critical importance to desktop virtualization deployments.

Posted: 18 Sep 2009 | Published: 18 Sep 2009

WHITE PAPER: HP recently announced availability of a driver for their long-fielded HP Network Automation product which delivers integrated support of virtual switches (vSwitches) – virtual network elements that exist within VMWare’s ESX virtual server platform.

Posted: 10 Sep 2009 | Published: 10 Sep 2009

WHITE PAPER: The support team for Microsoft SQL Server has published guidelines for virtualizing this database engine. Read this paper to learn how to move forward with the process and create supported SQL Server virtual machines (VMs) that can be hosted on Dell PowerEdge servers.

Posted: 02 Sep 2009 | Published: 02 Sep 2009

WHITE PAPER: This paper addresses the fact that server virtualization is still a relatively new technology undergoing rapid development and innovation. While creating a virtual machine is relatively simple, the underlying complexity of the infrastructure and IT processes cannot be ignored.

Posted: 25 Aug 2009 | Published: 25 Aug 2009

VIDEO: In this videocast featuring IT expert, Greg Shields, learn about hypervisor architecture as it relates to your OS. Discover how to improve IT management with virtual machine managers for storage migration and check host compatibility prior to migration. Learn about a technology that allows for rapid provisioning and supports multi-processors.

Posted: 19 Aug 2009 | Premiered: 19 Aug 2009

PODCAST: In this podcast featuring IT expert, Greg Shields, learn about hypervisor architecture as it relates to your OS. Discover how to improve IT management with virtual machine managers for storage migration and check host compatibility prior to migration. Learn about a technology that allows for rapid provisioning and supports multi-processors.

Posted: 19 Aug 2009 | Premiered: 19 Aug 2009

WEBCAST: View this VKernel webcast to learn how to best optimize resource utilization in your current ESX environment. During this 30 minute presentation, we'll discuss how capacity planning is different in an ESX environment, resource alignment, and many other aspects of capacity planning within your current environment.

Posted: 09 Jul 2009 | Premiered: 09 Jul 2009

VIDEO: Watch this video to learn how the Dell PowerEdge R610 is a key building block for today's data center. Designed for versatility and high performance, it provides many of the virtualization, system management, and energy-efficiency features you need now and the scalability necessary to change as your business grows.

Posted: 21 May 2009 | Premiered: 21 May 2009

EBOOK: Virtualization for Dummies explains how virtualization works and how it can benefit your organization. The book covers the kinds of issues virtualization can address and how it addresses them.

Posted: 08 Apr 2009 | Published: 08 Apr 2009

EBOOK: Now is the time to realize all of the benefits of virtualizing your test and development lab. This chapter highlights some of the benefits of consolidating your test and development environments through virtualization, including costs savings, accelerated time to deployment and system consistency throughout your environment.

Posted: 19 Mar 2009 | Published: 19 Mar 2009

CASE STUDY: Llog Exploration Company brought in Fusion-io's ioDrive Solid-state Storage devices to see how much time the new devices would save using their existing 32-bit Seismic Micro-Technology KINGDOM geosciences workflow application on their network. The result?

Posted: 18 Mar 2009 | Published: 18 Mar 2009

CASE STUDY: In its VMware server environment, Hershey Entertainment and Resorts (HE&R) needed to get more proactive visibility into its resource utilization and allocations to plan for future growth.

Posted: 06 Mar 2009 | Published: 06 Mar 2009

TRIAL SOFTWARE: In a virtual server infrastructure where all resources are shared, optimal performance can only be achieved with an adequate amount of properly allocated resource capacity. Not allocating enough resources can cause critical bottlenecks - leading to performance problems and costly downtime events.

Posted: 09 Jan 2009 | Published: 09 Jan 2009

MICROSITE: Learn how <a href="http://www.discovervirtualization.com">Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V with Dell technology</a> can help you today.

Posted: 07 Jan 2009 | Published: 07 Jan 2009

SOFTWARE DEMO: In this video, learn how to close a Microsoft Hyper-V VM with Systems Center virtual machine manager.

Posted: 15 Dec 2008 | Published: 15 Dec 2008

SOFTWARE DEMO: Check out this presentation to learn how to execute a Vmotion implementation using System Center Virtual Machine Monitor (SCVMM).

Posted: 15 Dec 2008 | Published: 15 Dec 2008

VIDEOCAST: In this video case study watch and learn how Dell Global Infrastructure Consulting Services HotSchedules deployed a virtualized server infrastructure with Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V.

Posted: 15 Dec 2008 | Premiered: 15 Dec 2008

SOFTWARE DEMO: This highly detailed overview explains how to manage the setup of a Virtual Machine Monitor, discussing healthy implementation and problems that can occur.

Posted: 15 Dec 2008 | Published: 15 Dec 2008

WHITE PAPER: With the introduction of Microsoft Hyper-V as part of Windows Server 2008, and Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager, you can now take advantage of a powerful new set of tools to help simplify infrastructure management.

Posted: 15 Dec 2008 | Published: 15 Dec 2008

CASE STUDY: In this case study read how Hot Schedules needed to design and deploy a new data center infrastructure that could accommodate rapid annual business growth while also controlling hardware acquisition and power consumption costs.

Posted: 15 Dec 2008 | Published: 15 Dec 2008

TECHNICAL ARTICLE: Dell PowerEdge M805 and PowerEdge M905 fullheight blade servers are designed to deliver outstanding performance in virtualized and database-intensive environments.

Posted: 15 Dec 2008 | Published: 15 Dec 2008

WHITE PAPER: This guide primarily focused on storage arrays based on their support for key virtualization features, such as high availability and virtual machine migration.

Posted: 11 Dec 2008 | Published: 11 Dec 2008