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Virtual Data Center E-Zine Volume 37: Maximizing Virtual Data Center Consolidation

Virtualization may be well underway, but it doesn't mean new challenges won't arise as you continue to navigate your initiative. This expert e-zine offers detailed guidance for achieving the right balance in your virtual data center and presents key findings concerning your peers' consolidation objectives for 2012.

Read on to discover:

  • Why not all data centers are created equal
  • What not to do when you're consolidating: Five common VM mistakes
  • How much server consolidation is enough
  • How to find the right virtual balance with optimal resource consolidation
  • And more

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    While virtual environments are easier to management and hold the potential for greater availability and uptime, they carry their own set of risks and need to be managed separately from purely physical environments.

    Check out this e-guide to learn how to effectively manage virtualized environments and overcome challenges such as complexity, greater density and greater automation.

     

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  • Step-by-step Guide to Virtual Infrastructure Management

    As modern virtualization is still a very young technology, the market still faces challenges of immature tools and missing solutions, specifically a void in the performance analysis and troubleshooting disciplines.

    In this step-by-step guide, learn how to leverage the right tools and strategies to help you maintain control over your environment. Access now to gain key tips for monitoring applications, physical host servers, hypervisors and more.

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