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Optimize Blade Servers for Virtual Machines

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Data centers are changing rapidly with the introduction of virtualization into production environments and the migration to blade servers for energy efficiency and economic benefits. Many blade processors are not well configured for virtualization. However, enterprises can configure blade servers to better meet the virtualization challenge by optimizing various components, including:

  • Selecting appropriate virtual machines to share each processor blade.
  • Maximizing server RAM.
  • Optimizing network and storage access.
  • Demanding vendor support for new virtual I/O standards.

Even existing or older blade server environments can be optimized to provide better virtualization operations. Carefully consider both the software and hardware requirements to ensure that the data center gains the best possible performance from existing or new blade systems.


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