Server Virtualization White Papers

WHITE PAPER: This white paper highlights several new features within EMC® Avamar® 6.0 that specifically target and greatly advance the capabilities and performance of VMware® data protection.

Posted: 23 Apr 2012 | Published: 31 Oct 2011

WHITE PAPER: This paper examines and quantifies the costs and benefits of deduplication in VMware environments. Three detailed case studies from organizations in different industries are presented.

Posted: 23 Apr 2012 | Published: 30 Jun 2011

WHITE PAPER: This ESG white paper is your key to improving backup operations in your virtual environment. Read on to learn more.

Posted: 16 Apr 2012 | Published: 31 Mar 2011

WHITE PAPER: Check out this white paper to make sure you're getting the most bang for your buck when it comes to VM backup, data protection and DR for virtual environments.

Posted: 12 Apr 2012 | Published: 12 Apr 2012

WHITE PAPER: While maintaining high availability is critical in every business to avoid downtime and keep systems running smoothly, it can be very costly. This white paper introduces a new, automated storage solution that offers a cost-effective alternative approach to ensuring high availability and business continuity.

Posted: 06 Apr 2012 | Published: 03 Oct 2011

WHITE PAPER: This case study uncovers the secrets to maximizing cloud savings with automated cloud management software. Discover how a major financial institution leveraged both to generate savings to the tune of one billion USD over the course of three years.

Posted: 05 Apr 2012 | Published: 21 Jul 2011

WHITE PAPER: In this brief resource, you will discover the possibilities of Splunk's flexible, visual application for Citrix NetScaler and learn how it can provide enhanced visibility and analytics within your organization.

Posted: 04 Apr 2012 | Published: 04 Apr 2012

WHITE PAPER: In this resource, learn how one organization moved its SAP applications to a virtualized SUSE Linux Enterprise Server to improve the availability and performance of mission-critical services while significantly reducing infrastructure costs.

Posted: 31 Mar 2012 | Published: 27 Mar 2012

WHITE PAPER: Check out this ESG Report for a hands-on introduction to a hybrid solid-state storage solution designed to deliver fast performance for mixed-application workloads in both consolidated and virtual server environments. Read on to learn about the features of this technology, and to discover how it stacked up against ESG's lab testing.

Posted: 30 Mar 2012 | Published: 29 Mar 2012

WHITE PAPER: Access this resource to learn more about the Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform, a 3D scaling storage platform designed for all data types. Discover how you can improve virtualisation performance and flexibility while increasing capacity. Learn how you can create a more agile storage  infrastructure with 3D scaling and management capabilities.

Posted: 22 Mar 2012 | Published: 22 Mar 2012

WHITE PAPER: Businesses are increasingly turning to IaaS to expand cloud services offerings without increasing overhead or infrastructure costs. Discover how Dell's OpenStack Powered Cloud Solutions help organizations quickly deliver high-performance, cost-efficent clouds.

Posted: 20 Mar 2012 | Published: 19 Mar 2012

WHITE PAPER: This white paper explains why more and more companies are adopting a unified approach to data centre management and offers detailed guidance to help them address concerns over capacity planning, application performance, server sprawl, and more.

Posted: 16 Mar 2012 | Published: 16 Mar 2012

WHITE PAPER: This paper explains that to accomplish the objectives of making more-efficient use of IT resources, lowering power consumption, and reducing operating expenses, many companies are turning to server consolidation and virtualization efforts—endeavors that increase server CPU utilization and reduce the number of discrete servers in a datacenter.

Posted: 12 Mar 2012 | Published: 20 Dec 2010

WHITE PAPER: This white paper describes a new application management solution that makes running Java applications in a virtualized environment much easier and more practical, accelerating application grid and private cloud deployments without sacrificing performance

Posted: 12 Mar 2012 | Published: 01 Apr 2010

WHITE PAPER: This white paper examines tests of virtual machine consolidation ratios for IBM's Power Systems servers and blades.

Posted: 09 Mar 2012 | Published: 01 Sep 2011

WHITE PAPER: Selecting the right storage system is crucial to the success of any virtualised server environment, especially as these environments evolve to hundreds of virtual machines and critical applications. Access this resource to learn how Hitachi Enterprise Storage solutions can improve the performance, management and efficiency of your storage systems.

Posted: 02 Mar 2012 | Published: 02 Mar 2012

WHITE PAPER: Cloud services are increasing the pressure put on today’s data centres, pushing IT professionals to virtualise their data centre infrastructures as quickly as possible. This white paper discusses an advanced platform you can leverage to provide your data centre with the capabilities it needs to effectively support cloud computing.

Posted: 02 Mar 2012 | Published: 01 Mar 2012

WHITE PAPER: Explore 3 approaches to building a cloud in this white paper. Discover why building an open cloud is the best strategy to unlock the full efficiency, agility, and cost benefits of cloud computing, and learn what the essential requirements of building an open cloud are.

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 | Published: 29 Feb 2012

WHITE PAPER: This document details the features of Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.0 in comparison with VMware vSphere 5 and Microsoft Hyper-V 2008 R2. This document is designed to give you information about Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization (RHEV) and to allow you to compare features and benefits across multiple virtualization platforms.

Posted: 24 Feb 2012 | Published: 01 Jan 2012

WHITE PAPER: This white paper explores the attributes of efficient IT and reveals five core elements that you should focus on to keep pace in the virtual era. Hear from your peers on how they are successfully leveraging virtualization, managing ever-growing data volumes, preparing for the cloud, and more.

Posted: 22 Feb 2012 | Published: 22 Feb 2012

WHITE PAPER: While virtualization is becoming a standard practice, the security of those environments is lagging behind. It's clear that the options for securing VMs have created an unhappy compromise between protection, performance and management. Discover how to avoid undercutting the benefits of virtualization while maintaining a well-protected environment.

Posted: 20 Feb 2012 | Published: 20 Feb 2012

WHITE PAPER: Implementing secure virtual and cloud environments is a major concern for businesses. Discover how KVM hypervisors provide the security businesses need with features such mandatory access control and hardware-based isolation, and compare its performance against other general-purpose x86 hypervisors.

Posted: 20 Feb 2012 | Published: 17 Feb 2012

WHITE PAPER: Organizations stand to gain cost-savings of 40-75% from server consolidation and reduced data center space and power needs. Discover how a Red Hat and IBM partnership can help deliver enterprise-ready virtualization solutions that offer increased performance, scalability, security and manageability.

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 | Published: 17 Feb 2012

WHITE PAPER: Explore the full capabilities and features of Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization (RHEV), a complete, open-source virtualization management solution for server and desktop virtualization in this resource. Discover how RHEV builds on the powerful Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) hypervisor and the oVirt open virtualization management platform.

Posted: 17 Feb 2012 | Published: 17 Feb 2012

WHITE PAPER: In this paper, explore the implications of virtualized workloads and discover an effective approach to providing pervasive and consistent protection for the entirety of the evolving data center.

Posted: 16 Feb 2012 | Published: 16 Feb 2012