2808, 2021

The ultimate guide to server virtualization-history, its importance, benefits, use cases and its future.

Tekmart Data Center Team/ August 28, 2021/ Best practices for data center operations, Capacity planning for virtualization, Data center facilities, Data Center Hardware, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Improving server management with virtualization, Industry News and Expert Advice, Server hardware and virtualization, Server virtualization infrastructure and architecture, Server virtualization management tools and practices, Technical Explanations

Reading Time-approximately: 19 minutesServer virtualization is a process that creates and abstracts multiple virtual instances on a single server. Server virtualization also masks server resources, including the number and identity of individual physical servers, processors and operating systems. By Stephen J. Bigelow and Alexander S. Gillis Server virtualization is a process that creates and abstracts multiple virtual instances on a single server. Server

1808, 2021

Building VMware HCI on a budget

Tekmart Infrastructure SecurityTeam/ August 18, 2021/ Backing up VMware host servers and guest OSes, Best practices for data center operations, Data center architecture for VMware ESX and ESXi, Data center facilities, Data Center Hardware, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Improving server management with virtualization, Industry News and Expert Advice, Virtualization

Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesHCI is a costly investment that can streamline networking, compute and management in your data center. Consider affordable alternatives to expensive HCI before adoption. By Brian Kirsch VMware vSAN enables organizations to set up an HCI-like environment in their data centers. Proper budgeting to set up a vSAN hyper-converged infrastructure environment includes balancing hardware cost against longevity and considering DIY

1207, 2021

Using SnapCenter for VMware backups; How-to

Tekmart EMC Enterprise Storage Team/ July 12, 2021/ Archiving and backup, Backing up VMware host servers and guest OSes, Backup and Archival Tools, Best practices for data center operations, Cloud backup, Data center facilities, Data Center Hardware, Data protection, backup and archiving, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Timeless Articles, Timeless Tips, Travelling Techie Quick Reads-Timeless!

Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesNetApp storage appliances and VMware’s vSphere platform provide widely used data center resources. Combine their capabilities by using NetApp’s SnapCenter to back up vSphere. By Dan Franciscus One of the most common setups for virtual environments is to use vSphere — vCenter and ESXi hosts — in conjunction with NetApp storage appliances. Both VMware and NetApp offer best-in-class resources, which

1207, 2021

Top 10 VM backup tools for VMware and Hyper-V

Tekmart Data Center Team/ July 12, 2021/ Batting for Tech in the Covid-19 Times, Best practices for data center operations, Data center facilities, Data Center Hardware, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Timeless Articles, Timeless Tips, Virtual machine monitoring, troubleshooting and alerting

Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesAdmins who rely on VMware and Hyper-V workloads might have trouble choosing the right backup tool for their VMs. Admins can use this article to better inform their purchasing decisions. By Brien Posey When it comes to VM backups, administrators’ biggest challenge might be deciding between different backup products, such as Veeam’s Backup and Replication, Altaro’s VM Backup and Cohesity’s

2503, 2021

Assessing performance bottlenecks in virtualized networking

Staff Writer/ March 25, 2021/ Creating and upgrading VMware servers and VMs, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Network virtualization, VMware ESX and ESXi administration, VMware products

Reading Time-approximately: 2 minutesVirtual or soft switches can add measurable overhead to network-intensive workloads, but implementing PCI devices offers one option to reduce excess overhead. By Glen Kemp Spectre and Meltdown illuminated networking vulnerabilities that are still being assessed, but it’s obvious the attacks affected network capacity planning. While administrators hunt for ways to mitigate the effect of these attacks, one specification — single-root

2403, 2021

Limit the size of VMware hosts to control VM density

Staff Writer/ March 24, 2021/ Capacity planning for virtualization, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, Improving server management with virtualization, Industry News and Expert Advice, Server virtualization management tools and practices, Virtualization

Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesLarge VMware hosts can be advantageous, but VM density can have unforeseen consequences during a system failure. Evaluate VM functionality to ensure you’re ready for a disaster. By Brian Kirsch Large VMware hosts can seem attractive, but the resultant VM density can reduce your ability to quickly recover from failure. It’s tempting to examine VMware hosts from a hardware perspective

0801, 2021

Address these storage issues to help find bottlenecks

Staff Writer/ January 8, 2021/ Capacity planning for virtualization, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Engage the experts, Expert Advise and Opinion, Improving server management with virtualization, Industry News and Expert Advice, Server hardware and virtualization, Virtualization

Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesDrive configuration, server connection and storage backplanes are all things that can affect application latency. Start with these items when looking for storage bottlenecks. By Brian Kirsch Storage is typically one of the biggest performance bottlenecks in a virtual infrastructure, simply because of the latency inherent to spinning hard disks. While storage area networks and RAID technology have reduced that

0801, 2021

Identify bottlenecks and resolve VM performance problems

Staff Writer/ January 8, 2021/ Capacity planning for virtualization, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Engage the experts, Expert Advise and Opinion, How-Tos and Other Useful Tips and Tricks, Improving server management with virtualization, Industry News and Expert Advice, Server hardware and virtualization, Timeless Tips, Virtualization

Reading Time-approximately: 3 minutesSome of the infrastructure components behind slow performance include CPU, memory and networking. These tips will help you find and eliminate those bottlenecks. By Brian Kirsch When it comes to bottlenecks, the big four that always come to mind are CPU, memory, network and storage. Since these are typically the infrastructure pieces that make up a virtual environment, it stands

0801, 2021

Watch CPU Ready metrics to regulate VM overcommit levels

Staff Writer/ January 8, 2021/ Capacity planning for virtualization, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Expert Advise and Opinion, How-Tos and Other Useful Tips and Tricks, Improving server management with virtualization, Industry News and Expert Advice, Timeless Tips, Virtualization

Reading Time-approximately: 4 minutesAdministrators can get more out of their servers by overcommitting CPU resources and balancing VM distribution. By Brian Kirsch One of the great things about virtualization is the ability to abstract and share resources. This abstraction also enables the overcommitment of resources — a practice that describes provisioning more logical resources than is physically available. Not all servers within a

0201, 2021

Top data center server sizing strategies for VMs

Staff Writer/ January 2, 2021/ Capacity planning for virtualization, Data Center Hardware Terminology, Datacenter Infrastructure News, Disaster recovery, failover and high availability for virtual servers, Expert Advise and Opinion, Industry News and Expert Advice, Server hardware and virtualization, Virtualization

Reading Time-approximately: 5 minutesHow many VMs can you put on a server? That depends on whether your hardware and virtual environment are well-matched. This tip offers four criteria to select the right servers. By Alexander S. Gillis IT administrators frequently ask how many VMs can fit on a host server when deciding which hardware options to purchase for their virtual hosts. Admins must consider the current