Capacity Planning
Capacity Planning
13 Articles
RD Virtualisation Host Capacity Planning in Windows Server 2008 R2
How do we accurately capacity plan for the hosts to hold virtual desktops? Well, this guide is something you may just find useful.up.time Product Review
Infrastructure monitoring and management for mid-enterprise is a problem - we have the solution!Update: Centrix WorkSpace 4.0 Product Review
Xtravirt reviews Centrix Workspace 4.0. Application virtualisation assessment, metering, monitoring and delivery - what more could you want?Capacity Planning - Why Bother?
This Xtravirt article discusses Capacity Planning (Workload Profiling) and the reasons why it is an important first step to any virtualization exercise.
Considerations when Virtualizing High I/O Workloads
A white paper which addresses considerations when virtualizing high I/O workloads. A server consolidation project typically starts with an assessment of the existing physical estate, resulting in not only the identification of the most suitable virtualization candidates, but conversely, those which have greater resource demands. Often these are found to be those machines that provide an organization’s enterprise-class services, such as databases, e-mail, and ERP.
Considerations when Virtualizing Active Directory
Active Directory was first previewed in 1999 and first released with the Windows 2000 Server family. As new versions of Windows Server have been introduced the functionalities are further refined. Active Directory domains are fairly standard issue with small businesses and enterprise customers and understanding how to virtualize Active Directory properly is critical to ensuring uninterrupted service during a migration as well as maintaining robust domain services post project. This Xtravirt white paper explains the considerations of Virtualizing Active Directory.
Storage Oversubscription Technologies
This Xtravirt white paper explores the Storage Oversubscription landscape which includes Linked Clones, Thin Provisioning and Deduplication with some of the benefits and disadvantages related to Storage Oversubscription.Overview of Physical to Virtual (P2V) Considerations
This Xtravirt white paper provides some pre and post considerations of P2V (Physical to Virtual) and an overview of some of the products available to accomplish P2V tasks.
VMware Thin Provisioning within ESX 4.0
This Xtravirt white paper provides information about Thin Provisioning, some key features, and how it is applied to VMware Infrastructure, vSphere and ESX 4 environments.
VMware Assessment Tools
This Xtravirt white paper aims to provide an overview of VMware’s tools for virtualization assessment and when each should be used.
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VMware Documentation Downloader v11.08.30
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vSphere 5 License Entitlement Changes
See what has changed in the license entitlement in vSphere 5?
Thin Client vs Zero Client
The differences between Thin and Zero desktop clients for VDI
