Description - Practical Virtualization Solutions by Kenneth Hess
If you're involved in planning, deploying, or managing virtualisation, this book brings together all the field-proven, in-the-trenches answers and solutions you'll need. Packed with examples and case studies, Practical Virtualization Solutions is a complete, self-paced, hands-on guide to creating a virtualised environment and driving maximum value from it throughout its entire lifecycle.
Kenneth Hess and Amy Newman present detailed costs, schedules, and deployment plans drawn from actual enterprise virtualisation projects. You'll learn what really works and what doesn't and discover powerful ways to systematically control the costs of virtualisation and streamline its management. The authors offer realistic guidance on choosing the best services to virtualise; selecting the right virtualisation software, hardware, and vendor partners; troubleshooting and securing virtualised environments; and much more. Along the way, they answer crucial questions IT professionals face in working with virtualisation.
Coverage includes
- Quantifying the time, hardware, labor, and downtime needed to implement virtualisation
- Streamlining the transition from physical to virtual
- Comparing VMware ESXi, VMware Server, Microsoft Hyper-V, Citrix XenServer, and other virtualisation technologies
- Identifying opportunities to reduce cost and improve flexibility with open source virtualisation technologies
- Explaining advanced techniques for simplifying virtual machine management
- Defining the right role for virtualisation in networking and storage
- Automating virtual infrastructure management tasks
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