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- IBM System p5: Configuring Micro-Partition Processor Resources
- Processor virtualization is a great way to get started with System p5 Advanced Power Virtualization APV. APV processor virtualization can help to improve system utilization and reduce hardware/software expenses. This paper provides an overview of the virtualized processor environment, LPAR configuration guidelines, plus tips on how to maximize processor utilization...
- Tags: IBM Corp., Processor Virtualization, Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Processors, Hardware, Storage, Semiconductors, Components
- White papers 2007-11-28
- Profiling Memory Subsystem Performance in an Advanced POWER Virtualization Environment
- Processor virtualization allows concurrent operating system execution environments to co-exist and share a fixed set of hardware resources. One of its many advantages is that this technology facilitates server consolidation, reducing both operating costs and power consumption. However, virtualization incurs a performance penalty due to added complexity and the conflicts...
- Tags: Performance, Processor Virtualization, Virtualization, Performance Management, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Storage
- White papers 2006-01-13
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- Intel Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O
- Intel Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d) is the next important step toward comprehensive hardware support for the virtualization of Intel platforms. VT-d extends Intel's Virtualization Technology VT roadmap from existing support for IA-32 (VT-x) and Itanium processor (VT-i) virtualization to include new support for I/O- device virtualization. This paper...
- Tags: I/O, Intel Corp., VT-d, Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage
- White papers 2006-08-09
- Advanced Virtualization Capabilities of POWER5 Systems
- IBM POWER5 systems combine enhancements in the IBM PowerPC processor architecture with greatly enhanced firmware to significantly increase the virtualization capabilities of IBM POWER servers. The POWER hypervisor, the basis of the IBM Virtualization Engine technologies on POWER5 systems, delivers leading-edge mainframe virtualization technologies to the UNIX marketplace. The technology...
- Tags: IBM POWER5, IBM Corp., Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Processors, Hardware, Storage, Semiconductors, Components
- White papers 2005-07-01
- Intel Virtualization Technology: Hardware Support for Efficient Processor Virtualization
- The first generation of Intel Virtualization Technology VT for IA-32 and Itanium processors provides hardware support that simplifies processor virtualization, enabling reductions in Virtual Machine Monitor VMM software size and complexity. Resulting VMMs can support a wider range of legacy and future Operating Systems OSs on the same physical platform...
- Tags: Intel IA-32, Intel Itanium, Intel Corp., Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Processors, Hardware, Storage, Semiconductors, Components
- White papers 2006-08-10
- MagiXen: Combining Binary Translation and Virtualization
- Virtualization is emerging as an important technology in future systems, providing an extra layer of abstraction between the hardware and operating system. Previous work on virtualization has focused on the partitioning, isolation, and encapsulation features of virtual machines and their use for different applications, but mainly in the context of...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage
- White papers 2007-05-04
- Consolidation Strategies for Intel Processor-based Servers: Achieving Better Datacenter Flexibility and Cost-effectiveness with Intel Virtualization Technology
- Tens of thousands of businesses are using virtualization software to consolidate multiple applications and operating systems on Intel processor-based servers. In the process, they are simplifying their datacenters, improving utilization, reducing total costs, and accelerating new system and application deployments. Learn about today's leading options and about critical new developments,...
- Tags: Strategy, Processor, Data Center, Consolidation, Server, Intel Corp., Virtualization, Data Centers, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Data Management
- White papers 2006-02-01
- Enhanced Virtualization on Intel Architecture-based Servers: Improve Utilization, Manage Change, Reduce Costs
- Server virtualization on Intel processor-based platforms is already helping businesses consolidate servers, simplify test and development environments, reduce total costs and respond more quickly to shifting workload requirements. Intel virtualization will provide fundamental architectural support for today's software-only solutions. It will increase the benefits of virtualization by fueling...
- Tags: Server, Intel Corp., Intel Architecture, Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage
- White papers 2006-02-01
- The Top Five Virtualization Mistakes
- Virtualization is taking the IT world by storm. After years of IT build-out, virtualization suddenly fixes everything from datacenter crowding to high cholesterol. But many IT managers are just getting started with virtualization and are employing it in only the most straightforward ways. This paper describes five mistakes common to...
- Tags: Vyatta, Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage
- White papers 2007-09-19
- Microsoft Webcast: Why Virtualization Is More Than Server Virtualization (Level 300)
- The world is buzzing about virtualization. Most people equate virtualization with machine virtualization. They hail virtualization's impact on server consolidation and its respective cost savings. And they should. But machine virtualization is not the whole story; virtualization is much bigger than that. The attendee of this webcast will learn how...
- Tags: Webcast, Server, Microsoft Corp., Server Virtualization, Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage
- Webcasts 2007-09-27
- IBM Integrated Virtualization Manager: Lowering the Cost of Entry Into Advanced POWER Virtualization
- Integrated Virtualization Manager IVM provides an interface to many of the POWER5 and POWER5+ partitioning and virtualization features that are nowadays require a Hardware Management Console HMC. The HMC can be cost prohibitive for a smaller to mid-sized business, or a larger business with a distributed environment (i.e. a bank...
- Tags: IBM POWER5, IBM Corp., Integrated Virtualization Manager, Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Processors, Hardware, Storage, Semiconductors, Components
- White papers 2006-07-25
- Comparing Multi-Core Processors for Server Virtualization
- Rob Carpenter shares highlights from his whitepaper on his data center virtualization performance testing of the new Quad-Core Intel Xeon processor 7300 series.
- Tags: Multi-core Processor, Intel Corp., Virtualization, Server Virtualization, Data Centers, Processors, Hardware, Servers, Storage, Data Management, Semiconductors, Components
- White papers 2007-11-13
- Momentum Webcast: Are You Ready for Virtualization? (Level 200)
- Analysts predict that almost half of all servers in very large businesses will be virtualized by 2010. But mid-sized business have been slower to embrace virtualization, in spite of processor utilization at under 15 percent and fractional utilization of memory and disk resources. But changes in hardware and software offerings...
- Tags: Webcast, Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage
- Webcasts 2008-04-24
- Virtualization
- I do not know if you are all aware but I do a lot of work with virtualization software. In fact, I recently released a book called The VMware Workstation 5 Handbook. I am going to put together some of the articles I have written on virtualization that are old...
- Tags: Storage management, Utility computing, virtualization
- Blog posts 2006-03-20
- 10 MORE things you should know about virtualization
- Virtualization has probably affected every IT environment to one extent or the other. Whether you do casual virtualization for test environments or complete virtualization for all systems, there's no one-size-fits-all solution. Here's a rundown of the things you need to know about the whole virtualization space.This download is also available...
- Tags: Rick Vanover, Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage
- Download resources 2008-02-25
- 20 things you should know about virtualization
- Virtualization has been a major buzzword in the IT world for a few years. Now the buzz is getting bigger, with the release of Windows Server 2008 and the impending integration of the Hyper-V virtualization component formerly called Viridian. Of course, Microsoft already has Virtual Server and Virtual PC, as...
- Tags: Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage
- Download resources 2008-05-01
- Simplification Through Virtualization
- While virtualization may sound like a complex, technical thought, it is really a simple idea. This webcast explains how virtualization can help simplify your infrastructure. It also explains why virtualization is not a future concept, but one you can take advantage of now.
- Tags: Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage
- Webcasts
- PC virtualization gains attention
- In an informal poll of readers on virtualization-centric site Virtualization Review, 193 readers to date cast their votes on their "primary virtualization concern in 2008." by Paul Mah
- Tags: Desktop, PC, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Desktop Virtualization, Hardware, Storage, Paul Mah
- Blog posts 2008-06-11
- Virtualization for Windows: A Technology Overview
- Virtualization is unquestionably one of the hottest trends in information technology today. This is no accident. While a variety of technologies fall under the virtualization umbrella, all of them are changing the IT world in significant ways. This paper introduces Microsoft's virtualization technologies, focusing on three areas: hardware virtualization, presentation...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage
- White papers 2007-07-01
- EMC Invista: The Power of Network-Based Virtualization
- This insightful white paper takes a look at storage virtualization and determines that this evolving technology is ready for enterprise-level implementations. It begins by defining virtualization and charting its technological development. It focuses on enterprise class, network-based virtualization as the right solution for virtualization.
- Tags: Network, EMC Corp., Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Storage, Hardware
- White papers 2005-10-31
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