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Heuristics for Scheduling Virtual Machines for Improving QoS in Public Computing Utilities
White Papers Computing utilities based on Virtual Machines (VMs) migrating among distributed computing resources are becoming increasingly practical and emerging as a viable infrastructure for outsourcing computer services.
[July 18, 2008, 1:01]
VMware vSphere 4 QuickStart Series Part 2: Managing Virtual Machines
White Papers The presenter will show how to create and manage virtual machines, including the usage of templates, snapshots and thin provisioning for virtual machine storage disks. The attendee of this webcast will learn installing and configuring VMware...
[November 30, 2009, 23:00]
A better way to migrate virtual machines
Blog Earlier this week Intel announced new processors that include a feature called VT FlexMigration, which will help administrators move virtual machines from one host server to another without any downtime.
[September 18, 2008, 9:13]
Data Protection Reporting for Your Virtual Machines
White Papers Which virtual machines are or most error prone? How much faster do the VCB (VMware Consolidated Backups) finish compared to the traditional backup clients running inside the virtual machines? Veritas Backup Reporter (VBR) provides the better...
[April 25, 2009, 1:23]
Speculative Optimization Using Hardware-Monitored Guarded Regions for Java Virtual Machines
White Papers Aggressive dynamic optimization in high-performance Java Virtual Machines can be hampered by language features like Java's exception model, which requires precise detection and handling of program-generated exceptions.
[January 16, 2009, 0:00]
Hardware Support for Spin Management in Overcommitted Virtual Machines
White Papers Multiprocessor Operating Systems (OSs) pose several unique and conflicting challenges to System Virtual Machines (System VMs). For example, most existing system VMs resort to gang scheduling a guest OS's virtual processors (VCPUs) to avoid OS...
[March 20, 2008, 0:02]
Benchmarking Servers Using Virtual Machines
White Papers Virtualization software is often used in enterprise on server machines to run Virtual Machines (VMs), each running a distinct server.is has many benefits including flexibility and lower hardware cost.is paper presents the results from conducting a...
[March 20, 2008, 0:02]
Credit Card Firm Vastly Simplifies Deployment, Migration, and Removal of Virtual Machines
White Papers While Leumi Card benefited greatly from better performance, server consolidation, easier setup of server resources, and cost savings from using Virtual Server - based Virtual Machines (VMs), it needed a more efficient and centralized way to...
[March 1, 2008, 0:02]
Using Virtual Machines to Provide a Secure Teaching Lab Environment
White Papers A teaching classroom or lab can provide additional protection for real systems while still allowing a full range of attack and defense exercises by using virtual machines. This paper will present a method for isolating these problems into a virtual...
[March 20, 2008, 0:02]
Leading by Example: Microsoft Streamlines Creation and Allocation of Virtual Machines
White Papers The Microsoft Virtual Server Utility (VSU) team manages availability, capacity, and placement of more than 1,800 Virtual Machines (VMs) on more than 100 hosts throughout the enterprise. Using Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager, the VSU...
[March 1, 2008, 0:02]
Using Serviceguard for Linux With VMware Virtual Machines
White Papers HP Serviceguard for Linux A.11.18.02 (A.11.18 with the October 2007 patches) is certified for deployment on Linux Virtual machines created on VMware ESX server 3.0.2 1 running 32-bit and 64- bit versions of RedHat 4 U5, RedHat 5, and SLES10 on HP...
[March 20, 2008, 0:02]
Pre-Virtualization: Soft Layering for Virtual Machines
White Papers Furthermore, the lock-in obstructs evolution of its own para-virtualization interface - virtual machines provide the vital ability to run obsoleted operating systems alongside new operating systems, but para-virtualization often lacks this feature...
[March 1, 2008, 0:02]
Managed Virtualization - Using Altiris Deployment Solution 6.5 to Provision & Manage VMware ESX and Virtual Machines in Dell Server Environments
White Papers Across the enterprise - in data centers and entire IT infrastructures - the rise of VMware virtual machines is accelerating. As more and more customers migrate from traditional server environments to VMware virtual infrastructures, potentially, a...
[March 20, 2008, 0:02]
TechNet Webcast: Managing Hyper-V Virtual Machines With WMI and Windows PowerShell (Level 300)
White Papers Before the beta release of Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008, there was only one option for automating management of Hyper-V virtual machines - Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI).
[August 4, 2008, 0:00]
Protecting Virtual Machines : The 'Best of Vmworld' Approach
White Papers This white paper will explore a completely new approach to availability for virtual machines - an approach recognized with the Best of VMworld 2007 - New Technology award. IT Managers need availability solutions that are simple, non-disruptive and...
[November 9, 2009, 10:31]
Optimizing Grid Site Manager Performance With Virtual Machines
White Papers This paper considers the use of Virtual Machines (VMs) in a data-center environment, where a significant portion of resources from a shared pool are dedicated to Grid job processing. The analysis reveals that a large fraction of Grid jobs have low...
[January 7, 2007, 0:00]
Information Provider Cuts Costs and Improves Disaster Recovery With Virtual Machines
White Papers Today, the company hosts one of the largest known deployments of Virtual Server 2005 R2, with more than 1,400 virtual machines running on 345 physical server computers. To avoid paying for the leases on two data centers, Kroll Factual Data chose to...
[March 1, 2008, 0:02]
Healthcare Company Uses Virtual Machines to Pare Data Center Costs and Speed Deployment
White Papers The solution: create virtual machines using Microsoft Virtual Server 2005. AtlantiCare is running 33 virtual servers on 2 physical servers, saving money on hardware, power, and data center space. The company can deploy a virtual server in five...
[March 15, 2007, 0:00]
Food Manufacturer Consolidates Servers, Reduces IT Costs With Virtual Machines
White Papers The solution has helped the company replace physical servers with virtual machines, resulting in considerable savings from reductions in both hardware purchases and maintenance costs. Delta deployed Microsoft Virtual Server 2005, the virtual...
[March 15, 2007, 0:00]
Protecting Virtual Machines: The "Best of VMworld" Approach
White Papers By enabling IT managers to move virtual machines (and the applications they host) between physical servers, server virtualization gives them a powerful method for reducing planned downtime and speeding recovery.
[March 1, 2008, 0:02]
