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Oracle has big plans for virtualization. But the market may not have big plans for Oracle.
The Oracle virtualization portfolio got a boost with Oracle's $7.4 billion Sun Microsystems acquisition, and the company has signaled a willingness to take on VMware, the market leader. Many are skeptical, based on Oracle's very late push into the market. But even some of these skeptics acknowledge that Oracle VM 3, expected this spring, will give Oracle credible Xen-based server virtualization that could challenge VMware, Microsoft and Citrix Systems Inc.-- at least in the tens of thousands of Oracle database and More... VKernel offers free tool for VMware capacity management
VKernel now offers a free tool that promises to analyze VMware virtual infrastructure capacity. Capacity View plugs into VMware ESX and vCenter or VKernel's own VM Stats and Optimization Pack, and identifies capacity-based performance issues, such as virtual machine I/O latency or underallocated CPU, memory or storage, the company said. It also monitors available capacity for new VM deployments and identifies overprovisioned VMs that can be right-sized to free wasted capacity. Capacity View compiles stats on the number of VMs, hosts, data More... |
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Where are Anil Desai's most recent answers to questions? You've come to an archive of Anil Desai's answers, seen on the previous Ask The Expert page. Anil is still answering IT pros' questions about virtualization. Check out his answer page on IT...
My company uses video streaming technologies a great deal. Are there any options for virtualization here? Depending on the performance requirements, front-end web or database engines delivering the video can most likely be virtualized... What are the data deduplication options in server virtualization? Data deduplication in virtualization was highly anticipated soon after VM adoption in the data center. There are numerous options in this space with all of the major... VIRTUALIZATION GLOSSARY
What is root partition?
A root partition is the isolated area in a Microsoft Hyper-V environment where the hypervisor... What is virtualization stack?
A virtualization stack is the collection of resources that, along with the hypervisor... What is parent partition?
A parent partition is a logical hard drive division in the Microsoft Hyper-V environment that... What is child partition?
A child partition is a logical hard drive division in the Microsoft Hyper-V environment that... In a Citrix XenServer, a physical block device is a connector object that represents the interface between a physical...
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A sagging economy and shrinking job market are often a wake-up call to reassess skill sets. Experts say IT pros should stay on top of new virtualization technologies and the shift to...
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Nov 23, 2008
New York-based Interactive One LLC, the digital division of the radio network Radio One, has abandoned the Xen-based virtualization included in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and...
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Oct 28, 2008
Want to consolidate in the server room, but not sure if virtualization is right for your shop? Are you considering investing in blade servers, but want to make sure you will get the...
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Jun 9, 2006
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