eBook By Category (Virtualization)

Presenting practical guidelines and examples, Advanced Server Virtualization emphasizes design, implementation, and management from both a technical and consultative point of view...

• Blade server systems and virtualization are key building blocks for Next Generation Enterprise Data centers
• Blades offer modular, pre-wired, ultra high-density servers (up to 10x traditional servers) with shared components (power, cooling, switches) – reducing complexity and cost, and improving flexibility, availability, manageability, and maintainability
• Virtualization enables consolidation of physical servers by allowing many virtual servers to run concurrently on one physical server – improving system utilization, reducing the total number of physical servers, reducing costs, and increasing flexibility
• This is the first book covering these complementary technologies and how, together, they provide a strong foundation for the future
• It examines the history, architectures, features, examples, and user case studies of blade systems and virtualization, and offers guidance and considerations for how to evaluate and implement solutions

This book will detail the default and custom installation of VMwares ESX server as well as basic and advanced virtual machine configurations...

Get the definitive reference for administering and supporting Virtual Server 2005, including the R2 with Service Pack 1 (SP1) release with insights from the Microsoft experts who know the technology best...

Share network resources and reduce costs while providing secure network services to diverse user communities

• Presents the business drivers for network virtualization and the major challenges facing network designers today
• Shows how to use virtualization designs with existing applications, such as VoIP and network services, such as quality of service and multicast
• Provides design alternatives for different real-world deployment scenarios, with configuration examples and case studies

• Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 allows a single server to be divided into several "virtual machines," each running its own environment and operating system, which can even be virtually networked together
• Written by a key member of Microsoft's Virtual Server product team, this guide shows programmers how they can use these virtual machines to keep their development environment separate from their computing environment, test software on a variety of platforms from a single machine, and test networking applications
• Packed with real-world examples, the book examines how to install Linux under Virtual Server, create VM libraries, tweak performances, troubleshoot installation glitches, and access the Virtual Server COM API
• Offers a clear explanation of how to best understand virtual devices, networks, and storage systems and handle debugging in virtual machines

Developing software and testing within virtual machines provides you with countless advantages in terms of automation, stability, disaster recovery, and overall code quality...

• With typical Wrox thoroughness, this book covers every aspect of virtualization on the Linux platform for administrators seeking to optimize the use of enterprise hardware, create virtual environments geared toward specific tasks, or establish a testing environment
• Provides a complete foundation in virtualization, XEN, and competing approaches with in-depth discussions of installing, configuring, and using XEN, including detailed examples of XEN configuration files, system configuration files, and system-level configuration information
• Offers details that help system administrator adopt XEN and justify its selection
• Covers optimizing XEN, XEN hosts, and guest operating systems for maximum performance and reliability; using XEN in enterprise data centers; procedures and considerations for building custom guest operating systems to run as virtual machines on a XEN host; and much more

“This accessible and immediately useful book expertly provides the Xen community with everything it needs to know to download, build, deploy and manage Xen implementations...

This book covers the native tools that VMware provides with ESX Server...

Evaluating, Planning, and Implementing High-Value Storage Virtualization Solutions Storage virtualization has come of age, offering IT professionals powerful new ways to simplify infrastructure, streamline management, improve utilization, and reduce costs...

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...

Virtual Machine technology applies the concept of virtualization to an entire machine, circumventing real machine compatibility constraints and hardware resource constraints to enable a higher degree of software portability and flexibility...

A virtual evolution in IT organizations throughout the world has begun...

A virtual evolution in IT organizations throughout the world has begun...

Complete Coverage of Xen, Including Version 3...

Creating a virtual network gives network administrators a way to maximize the usage of their servers...

VMware ESX Server in the Enterprise

Planning and Securing Virtualization Servers

The Most Complete, Practical, Solutions-Focused Guide to Running ESX Server 3

VMware ESX Server in the Enterprise is the definitive, real-world guide to planning, deploying, and managing today’s leading virtual infrastructure platform in mission-critical environments...