By
Rogier Dittner, MCSE NT4, 2000, 2003, MCDBA, MCT, MSF Practitioner), consultant at a Microsoft partner
David Rule, VMware VCP, VAC, MCP, Citrix CCEA, CCA and Senior Consultant, Choice Solutions LLC, Overland Park, KS, U.S.A.
Description
Server Sprawl and escalating IT costs have managers and system administrators scrambling to find ways to cut costs and reduce Total Cost
of Ownership of their physical infrastructure. Combining software applications onto a single server, even if those applications are from
the same software vendor, can be dangerous and problems hard to troubleshoot.
Virtualization allows you to consolidate many servers
onto a single physical server reducing hardware, electrical, cooling, and administrative costs. These virtual servers run completely
independent of each other so if one crashes the other are not affected. Planning and implementing a server consolidation is a complex
process. This book details the requirements for such a project, includes sample forms and templates, and delivers several physical to
virtual migration strategies which will save both time and costs. Readers of this book will easily be able to plan and deploy VMware,
Microsoft Virtual Server, and Xen.
Audience:
IT professionals responsible for creating virtual servers on enterprise networks
