Virtual machine density refers to how many virtual machines your virtual infrastructure host servers can maintain, while still performing well themselves and also providing enough compute resources ...

Targeting enterprises that want to consolidate servers, the combination of ESX Server 2 and the Virtual SMP add-on lets IT get more bang for their server hardware buck, said Mike Mullany, senior ...

Heard the terms “virtualization” or “virtual machine” used in your school and office and wondered what they were talking about? In a world where collaborating and working remote have become ...

I am thinking that I want to get a single server to host virtual machines (VMWare) of IIS.<BR><BR>I want my IIS Production and IIS Dev on the same server inside separate VMs. (I assume that isn't a ...

Server and desktop virtualisation are key technologies driving forward today’s data centres. They bring huge efficiencies to IT that just weren’t possible in an all-physical world. But, delivering ...

Virtual Server 2005 creates virtual machines on top of the Windows 2003 Server operating system, instead of at the hardware level like many of its competitors. Hardware-level virtualization ensures ...

Sandra Gittlen is a freelance journalist and a regular contributor to the CDW family of technology magazines. Robert Maley, CISO for Pennsylvania, is a fan of server virtualization. The technology ...

Carlos Soto is an award-winning reviewer and journalist with 20 years of experience covering technology and business within various sectors and industries. State and local agencies should harness the ...

Virtual machines have been common in mainframes for decades. Now they’re gaining ground as a way to more efficiently configure Windows and Linux blade servers. A virtual machine is software that lets ...

Sixty percent of virtual servers are less secure than the physical servers they replace, the analyst firm Gartner said in new research Monday. This state of affairs will remain true until 2012, but ...

Virtual machine backup can be done using a traditional backup product with agents in each virtual server's file store but can also be carried out via snapshot or by backing up the virtual machine and ...