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The Scalable Enterprise: VMware ESX Server on the Dell PowerEdge 6650

Overview This paper introduces the server virtualization software, VMware ESX Server 2.0.1, VirtualCenter and VMotion, on Dell PowerEdge servers. Server virtualization can enable cost and space savings through server consolidation and load balancing, rapid standardized deployment and enhanced manageability. This paper discusses these features, followed by a detailed discussion of how ESX Server and VirtualCenter were installed on Dell servers using a Dell/EMC Storage Area Network (SAN).

Further White Paper Details
Publisher	Dell Computer	File Format	PDF, requires Acrobat Rdr 5
Date Published	February 2004	Downloads	512
Format	White Papers
Topics	Server Consolidation, SANs, RISC-Based Servers, x86-standard Servers

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