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. Key
Features:

* Create a virtual network to exchange information or provide a service
to other virtual machines or computers.

* Use virtualization to support removable media such as CD or DVD
optical disks

* Reduce server costs, administration overhead, and complexity

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