Real Help for Migrating to a Virtual World

The availability of affordable, robust virtualization solutions for the x86 platform has brought this technology to the forefront in recent years. Virtualization brings so many benefits-server consolidation, higher server utilization, disaster recovery, high availability, easier management and backup, and improved security-that it will continue to drive both the development and adoption of virtualization technology.

Despite the tremendous benefits of virtualization, there are still challenges. The ease and flexibility in creating virtualized servers has been effective in consolidating servers, but it has also resulted in a huge surge in the quantity of virtual servers in use. As that number rapidly rises, so does configuration complexity.

In this paper, we'll focus on five keys for successfully consolidating physical servers into a virtual environment:

• Getting a comprehensive survey of your existing physical landscape
• Determining what parts of your environment to virtualize
• Identifying applications and services to consolidate
• Properly sizing your host environment
• Ensuring your migration is properly configured

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