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Estimating the Real Cost of Virtual Sprawl |
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By Anthony Mar, May 2008
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Are VMs really free? The perception is that they are, despite the costs associated with infrastructure, management systems, server software and administration. And if VMs are free, why should we be concerned about virtual sprawl - VMs proliferating without adequate control?
Based on real life examples, this short whitepaper describes the costs associated with VMs, the effect of sprawl on these costs, and suggests a way to roughly estimate the cost of sprawl in your environment. It concludes with the importance of preventing sprawl as an essential cost management practice.
About the Author:
Anthony Mar is the product marketing manager at Embotics.
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Controlling VM Sprawl: Best Practices for Maintaining Control of Virtualized Infrastructures |
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By Anil Desai, Independent Consultant, December 2007
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While organizations and IT staff continue to see the many benefits of implementing virtualization, the challenge of controlling virtual infrastructures is quickly arising as a top management priority. This whitepaper looks at sources of VM sprawl and investigates the dangers inherent in a sprawl condition.
The author, Anil Desai, draws on his past experience as a data center manager who has successfully managed environments of thousands of virtual machines as well as his books on this subject to outline a series of best practices aimed at maintaining control of your virtual machines, no matter how many you have.
About the Author:
Anil Desai is an independent consultant and experienced data center manager that has successfully managed environments that supported thousands of virtual machines. He specializes in evaluating, implementing, and managing IT solutions and is the author of dozens of books focusing on the Windows Server platform, virtualization, and IT management. Anil is a regular presenter at national events Anil is also a contributor to technical magazines.
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Virtual Machines - You have to see them to manage them |
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By Dan Kusnetzky, Principal Analyst, The Kusnetzky Group
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The whitepaper explores some of the challenges administrators face when they attempt to deal with virtual systems.
As virtual systems become a standard way to deploy solutions on industry standard systems, lifecycle management is going to become a requirement in any but the smallest datacenter. Virtual systems offer some tremendous advantages over physical environments, but in the move to virtual, the organization often lost some things it took for granted. One of those things is clarity of what is going on, where, and with whom.
About the Author:
Daniel Kusnetzky is the president and Principal Analyst of Kusnetzky Group. He is responsible for research and publications on the topics of open source software, virtualization software and system software in general. He examines emerging technology trends, vendor strategies, research and development issues, and end-user integration requirements. For disclosures on Daniel's industry affiliations, click here . Daniel is also a member of the clergy for ECKANKAR and the former Chapter Director of the local chapter of the Gold Wing Road Riders Association.
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