Blade Servers and Virtualization

Review:

Asks and Answers All the Right Questions

We knew we were running out of space and power in our data center, and a blade environment might be the solution. But how do you even begin amassing the information to make the right decisions to solve our dilemma? I consider this book necessary reading for anyone considering the plunge into blade technology. Not only did it address my questions and concerns, it introduced me to potential problems and solutions I hadn't even considered! Now I feel confident that I have a valuable tool to aid me throughout the design and implementation stages of our conversion from stand-alone servers running at 5% utilization to blade chassis running multiple virtual servers at 50% utilization. The authors clearly know and address the benefits and pitfalls of this relatively new technology. I especially enjoyed the case studies. They allowed me to see what difficulties other companies in similar situations faced, and how they solved their problems. If there is another book out there that details these issues in a vendor non-specific format, I haven't found it.

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«Blade Servers and Virtualization: Transforming Enterprise Computing While Cutting Costs»

Barb Goldworm / Anne Skamarock | Wiley | ISBN: 0471783951 | 2007-02-12 | 384 pages | PDF | 7 Mb

Blade server systems and virtualization are key building blocks for Next Generation Enterprise Data centersBlades offer modular, pre-wired, ultra high-density servers (up to 10x traditional servers) with shared components (power, cooling, switches) – reducing complexity and cost, and improving flexibility, availability, manageability, and maintainabilityVirtualization enables consolidation of physical servers by allowing many virtual servers to run concurrently on one physical server – improving system utilization, reducing the total number of physical servers, reducing costs, and increasing flexibilityThis is the first book covering these complementary technologies and how, together, they provide a strong foundation for the futureIt examines the history, architectures, features, examples, and user case studies of blade systems and virtualization, and offers guidance and considerations for how to evaluate and implement solutions