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What organizations are best-suited for VM automation?

By Stephen J. Bigelow 15 Oct 2018

Automating VMs isn't universally beneficial. Determine whether your organization needs mass production of VMs before deploying automation tools or platforms. Read More

Containers vs. VMs: What are the key differences?

By Stephen J. Bigelow 26 Mar 2024

Containers are a valuable option for deploying applications, but they have limitations and operate differently than VMs. Read More

Hyper-converged use cases beyond VM stacks: A hardware guide

By Kurt Marko 30 Mar 2020

Explore best hyper-converged appliance and cluster configurations for containers, machine/deep learning, streaming analytics and specific products supporting each of these workloads. Read More

Assess the micro VM market with AWS Firecracker

By Adam Bertram 13 Mar 2019

Consider the benefits of AWS Firecracker as it compares to other micro VMs and system containers, but be wary of its limitations before installing this virtualization technology. Read More

5 tips to ease Kubernetes adoption and legacy VM management

By Paul Korzeniowski 18 Nov 2019

Kubernetes manages containers, but integrating the platform with legacy systems is still a work in progress and requires prior planning to ensure successful adoption. Read More

Third-party VM monitoring tools offer alternatives to native vendors

By Brian Kirsch 03 Mar 2020

Many admins rely on native tools to monitor VMs, such as Microsoft System Center, but third-party alternatives can offer improved capabilities, such as cost savings and integrations. Read More

VMware vSphere HA capabilities ease VM management

By Stefani Muñoz 20 Jun 2019

VMware vSphere HA provides admins with the ability to manipulate their virtual environments to avoid excessive VM restarts and ensure peak performance. Read More

How to build an Azure Site Recovery plan for Windows Server

By Stuart Burns 08 Apr 2024

Understand the costs and the requirements to use this flexible disaster recovery service that works with Linux and Windows servers in the data center and VMs in the Azure cloud. Read More

How do you upgrade VM hardware, and what are the benefits?

By Vladan Seget 19 Dec 2017

You can set up your infrastructure to better take advantage of new technology in just a few steps. Perform a VM version upgrade to get the most out of what you have. Read More

Ensure VM high availability with vSphere DRS and HA

By Stephen J. Bigelow 06 Dec 2018

Combine Distributed Resource Scheduler and vSphere High Availability to design balanced failover clusters. Pay attention to affinity rules, which can further support availability. Read More