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  • VMware resource pool

    A VMware resource pool is the aggregated physical compute hardware -- CPU and memory, as well as other components -- allocated to virtual machines (VMs) in a VMware virtual infrastructure. Definition   |   SearchVMware.com

  • VMware snapshot size and other causes for slow snapshots

    VMware snapshots occasionally become slow, which drags down the virtual machine's performance. You can prevent or fix slow VMware snapshots. If that doesn't work, there are ways to avoid snapshots altogether.

    To resolve slow snapshots,... Tip   |   SearchVMware.com

  • Tough Metro vMotion requirements make for a dream infrastructure

    It's a virtualization administrator's dream: Moving a live virtual machine from one data center to another with no downtime. Supporting this dream means building a dream infrastructure to underpin the VMware Metro vMotion feature -- and that's no... Tip   |   SearchVMware.com

  • Parsing the use of vSphere vs. ESXi to describe VMware virtualization

    VMware vSphere and ESX/ESXi often are used interchangeably to describe the bare-metal VMware hypervisor for virtualization.

    What's the difference in vSphere vs. ESXi?

    VMware calls its hypervisor architecture ESXi or... Answer   |   SearchVMware.com

  • How the VMware Hardware Compatibility Guide keeps everyone safe

    The VMware Hardware Compatibility Guide is more than a shield for VMware support or a marketing splash for compatible vendors -- use it adroitly and you'll avoid wandering into a minefield with your data center's infrastructure.

    Hardware,... Tip   |   SearchVMware.com

  • How to set up a home vSphere lab using a nested hypervisor

    Home virtualization labs offer IT pros a chance to try out the latest technologies with the benefit of flexible hours and zero risk to production environments.

    There's more than one way to build a VMware home lab. One option, the... Tip   |   SearchVMware.com

  • Finessing vSphere DRS with admin input for highly efficient hosts

    DRS automatically balances workloads across a VMware vSphere infrastructure, with myriad benefits to server performance and power usage. The tool advances hardware resource utilization to a degree that was unthinkable back in the Pleistocene... Tip   |   SearchVMware.com

  • Optimizing resources with vSphere memory management techniques

    Memory management techniques are invaluable tools for resource optimization. VMware vSphere comes equipped with several such techniques. Tip   |   SearchVMware.com

  • Private cloud management software: VMware vCloud Director vs. vCenter

    VMware's vCloud Director cloud management software works great for public clouds, but, according to one cloud hosting company, private cloud services are still better managed with vCenter. And enterprises like private... Q&A   |   SearchVMware.com

  • VMware IaaS: Converting from virtualization to a software-defined data center

    Converting a virtualized data center to a software-defined data center enables automation and self-service. In practice, VMware's software-defined data center concept restructures the data center's software and the virtualization admin's role to... Tip   |   SearchVMware.com

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