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Info-Tech Research Group has established that savings through lower one-time and ongoing server acquisition costs is the strongest argument in a business case for server virtualization. Use this calculator to get a broad sense of the...

Solution Set

This solution set will provide strategy for building a consolidated server infrastructure that will balance maximum capacity and utilize efficiency while limiting costs.

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For many organizations, particularly mid-sized enterprises, improved infrastructure availability and recovery is as big a driver for server virtualization as consolidation. Enterprises should leverage virtualization for better availability and...

Windows 2008 Datacenter Edition is the best way to license Windows for virtual server environments. It has also been called Microsoft's virtualization tax. Understand how Windows server licensing works on a virtualized environment in order to...

The ability to live migrate virtual machines (VMs) from one physical host to another can save the enterprise on electricity usage. Virtual Iron, for example, recently announced a LivePower feature for powering down physical servers after all...

After a thorough technical assessment of virtualization candidates, the next step in implementing virtual server infrastructure is to assess the physical server resources needed to support an optimum virtual infrastructure. Use capacity...

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The most often cited challenges to virtualization are related to people and processes, not technology. Take some time to think about all the people and processes that would be impacted by virtualization. Use this downloadable worksheet to...