White Papers

	Designing Your Virtualize Data Center: The Impact of Storage Decisions on Performance From reducing infrastructure costs to improving IT flexibility, companies are increasingly choosing virtualization technology to help them address business needs. However, as organizations grow their virtualized footprint, they uncover new challenges in ensuringacceptable performance for their virtual machines. This whitepaper discusses the storage decisions organizations face and their impact on performance in a virtual data center. Download »
	The Virtues of Virtualizing Microsoft SQL Server Virtualization technologies provide an amazing platform upon which many organizations have consolidated numerous underutilized X86-based servers — saving them thousands, and sometimes, millions of dollars in capital and operational expenditures. But what about virtualizing certain high-utilization servers or "Tier 1" applications? This white paper will focus on the benefits and considerations for virtualizing Microsoft SQL Server, including how companies can provide increased serviceability, efficiency, and reliability. Download »
	Impacts to the Network in a Virtualized Data Center Creating a successful virtualization adoption roadmap requires thoughtful planning around areas affected by the move from physical to virtual, including: network management and configuration, security, business continuity, capacity, and others. This white paper discusses several of the networking considerations organizations should make when embarking on a virtualization implementation. Download »
	Architectural Considerations for a Virtualized Environment While a successful virtualization implementation can deliver dramatic cost, operational, and business benefits, achieving these goals requires thorough preparation for a broad range of operational and infrastructure changes. Organizations need to gain insight into potential pitfalls and ramifications as well as the advantages of moving to virtualization. From establishing workable consolidation ratios to understanding network requirements, this white paper discusses the myriad considerations organizations must make when embarking on a virtualization implementation. Download »
	7 Tips Virtualizing IO VMware Server virtualization enables companies to cut capital and management costs while increasing agility. But the complexity of I/O skyrockets when virtualized servers share connectivity. Here are seven tips to help you avoid the I/O trap in your virtualized data center. Download »