Dell toyed with a virtual recovery policy on its Windows ME and Windows 98 PCs - which included a system snapshot on a partition as well as the standard recovery disks - but ditched the idea with the arrival of XP.
HP's SANlink is virtualisation appliance, which allows storage capacity to be managed centrally. It stores files on the network for web serving, distribution and server consolidation. It can be used to build a new storage area network (SAN) or...
But, for those who have the courage, the ultimate in server consolidation can provide a better up-time for your company, greater capabilities to deal with the peaks and troughs of user needs, less impact to the business when it comes to upgrades...
Such technology has been available on high-end computers for years but VMware brought it to the realm of mainstream computers using x86 processors such as Intel's Pentium and AMD's Opteron. AMD's rival technology, code-named Pacifica, is scheduled...
Among them: compatibility with IVT and AMD-V virtualisation technology built into newer Intel and AMD processors, respectively; support for Windows Vista; and the Volume Shadow Service, which enables administrators to back up a group of virtual...
Asked why a CIO should buy AMD's chips, Giuseppe Amato, director, technical marketing at AMD, pointed to server virtualisation and server consolidation as a means for IT chiefs "to be sure of the trajectory on the costs" for running server farms.