Virtualization Review

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• Disaster Recovery in the Cloud: Developing a Plan for Success

  BDR in the cloud takes some new thinking -- and understanding of the nuances that make that plan different from what you know in the physical world -- and lots more testing to ensure a recovery goes right. First in a series. 02/02/2012 read more

• Networking for the Cloud: 3 Vendor Views (Part 2, CloudSleuth)

  Three vendors, three opinions on what drives their solutions. In this second of a series, Doug Barney talks with Lloyd Bloom, senior product manager of CloudSleuth at Compuware Corp. 01/30/2012 read more

• Hyper-V on Hyper-Drive, Part 2: Memory, Storage, Networking

  Now that we know how Hyper-V can take advantage of processors, it's a good time to look at how we can take advantage of memory, networking and disk resources without breaking the budget. 01/30/2012 read more

• Update: 7 More Free Virtualization Tools

  A slew of new virtualization tools for vSphere and Fusion. 01/25/2012 read more

• First Look: Deploying Private Clouds With System Center 2012

  A hands-on look at using App Controller and Virtual Machine Manager for private cloud deployments. 01/24/2012 read more

• Networking for the Cloud: 3 Vendor Views (Part 1, Emulex)

  Three vendors, three opinions on what drives their solutions. First up is Brandon Hoff of Emulex, on the keys to the cloud and WANs that his company's solutions take advantage of to more easily move workloads among hybrid clouds. 01/18/2012 read more

• How To Configure Hyper-V Failover Cluster Quorum

  Clustered Shared Volumes seem complex to set up, but they're really not. I step you through the process. 01/11/2012 read more

• 2012 Virtualization Review Reader's Choice Awards & Buyers Guide

  Check out the best virtualization-related products as chosen by you! And don't forget to download the PDF version for the complete article and comprehensive buyers guide. 01/03/2012 read more

• 5 Virtualization Tips and Tricks to Take With You

  There's nothing like good analyst quotes to perk up a story, and here are five of the best from the cover stories I've written this year. 01/01/2012 read more

• Veeam Software Chief Timashev Opening Financial Kimono

  Profitable firm aiming for $200 million in 2012 revenues. 01/01/2012 read more

• Quest on a Quest: A Q&A with Quest Software's CTO Carl Eberling

  Bruce Hoard interviews the Quest CTO to find out how the acquisitions of ChangeBase and VKernel will impact customers. 12/23/2011 read more

• Put Hyper-V into Hyper-Drive, Part 1: Processors

  In this first of a series on Hyper-V, Paul reviews tips for configuring virtual and physical processors for optimum performance. 12/21/2011 read more

• Chaotic Cloud Pricing

  Pricing for cloud services needs to be a bit more structured and transparent for anyone to take cloud computing seriously. 12/20/2011 read more

• When Worlds Collide: Virtualization Impacts Video Conferencing Infrastructure

  Virtualization is a major planetary body in the enterprise IT universe, impacting servers, storage, desktops and more. On the same trajectory is video conferencing infrastructure, and they'r ready to collide. 12/15/2011 read more

• How To Speed LAN-Free Backups with VMware's HotAdd via Quest vRanger

  vRanger supports VMware's HotAdd disk transport functionality, so you can now backup much more quickly without a LAN present. 12/12/2011 read more

• How To Deploy Internet Explorer 6 to Window 7 Desktops

  We show you five ways to get IE 6 to run on the latest version of Windows, some of which employ virtualization technology to make it happen. 12/09/2011 read more

• Multi-NIC vMotion with vSphere 5

  Multi-NIC vMotion allows multiple Ethernet interfaces for both standard vSwitches and vNetwork Distributed Switches to perform vMotion traffic on multiple interfaces. 12/08/2011 read more

• Why Telcos Won't Rule the Cloud

  There is a common belief that the future of IaaS clouds will be dominated by telcos. That belief is wrong for many reasons. 12/01/2011 read more

• VMFS-3 to VMFS-5 Upgrades and Cleanup Tips

  VMware vSphere 5 ushers in a number of critical features which are very dependent on storage. 12/01/2011 read more

• Upgrading Free ESXi4 to ESXi5

  For free hypervisor users, the upgrade process is a bit convoluted. Here's the way to do it with the CD option. 11/07/2011 read more

• Build an IT Lab for Virtual Machines

  Do you have a demand for testing hardware to support new projects and updates? A virtual test lab could fit the bill. 11/01/2011 read more

• Transforming Private Clouds

  Maintaining control and security are essential when building out virtualized datacenters. 11/01/2011 read more

• Mainframe Clouds Roll In

  More and more x86 workloads are returning to the big box. It makes perfect sense, too, as it's the big box where the cloud had been conceived decades ago. 11/01/2011 read more

• SAN, Saving: Dell and Virtualization Come to Scott County

  Dell Compellent SAN delivers agility, ease of use to Scott County, Minn. and it could save them $60K/hour in the event of a disaster. 11/01/2011 read more

• Enough with the Truth Already: A Cloud Conversation with Jon Toigo

  You want a piece of Jon Toigo? Be my guest. 11/01/2011 read more

• How to Monitor vSphere 5 vRAM Pools

  With the introduction of vSphere 5, VMware created the concept of vRAM pools and added this as a critical component of purchasing a vSphere license. 11/01/2011 read more

• TAKE 5: Cloud Security Solutions That Caught My Eye

  The variety of cloud security strategies leaves users with interesting and diverse choices. 11/01/2011 read more

• What Drives VMware CTO Stephen Herrod? Customers, Challenges, The Cloud

  A Q&A with the tech chief on what keeps the company looking above the cloud. 10/27/2011 read more

• How To Choose Virtualization Disaster Recovery Solutions

  My list of features to help me narrow my buying decisions after the DR vendor has made its pitch. 10/25/2011 read more

• Update: 4 More Free Tools for vSphere

  Not the same ol' "Free Tools" session; we cover new tools that have come out since VMworld. 10/20/2011 read more