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IT Energy Reduction: Virtualization
About 35 percent of IT managers are using storage virtualization this year, up from 27 percent in 2008, according to the 2009 Energy Efficient IT Report (PDF) from CDW.
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- Featured Software: Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition includes virtualization functionality. Read more on our blog.
- Featured Article: Extending the Life of Your Computer
- Featured Blogs: What Virtualization Is and Why Nonprofits and Libraries Should Care: Part One and Part Two.
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Blog Posts
- What Virtualization Is and Why Nonprofits and Libraries Should Care: Part One and Part Two
- You are authorized to Virtualize!
- How We Joined the Virtualization Nation
- Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V
Case Study
Other Resources
- Idealware: The Lean, Green, Virtualized Machine Peter Campbell simply explains virtualization in mostly English terms.
- NTEN: Virtualization: The Revolution in Server Management and Why You Should Adopt It: NTEN article complete with slides and examples of use in a small organization.
- ComputerWorldUK: Forrester: Businesses Insist on Cost Benefits from Green IT
Hyper-V (or hypervisor) is a no-cost addition to Windows Server 2008 that allows you to optimize a single server so that it is able to do the work of multiple server computers, virtually. It is an astonishing software technology that can cut data center power consumption dramatically. Read more about it on our blog.
Linux-based hyper-visor. The Industry Standard reports, “XenServer 5.5 claims new features to simplify virtualization management and integration with other enterprise systems. Features like consolidated backup, enhanced conversion and search tools, Active Directory integration and expanded guest support for most versions of Windows and Linux operating systems.”
VirtualBox is an open-source, community effort backed by Sun Microsystems. VirtualBox runs on Windows, Linux, Macintosh, and OpenSolaris hosts and supports a large number of guest operating systems
VMWare is the industry leader in virtualization technology. ESXi is the free version of their product.
