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Migrate to a dynamic, on-demand data delivery platform
"If you're looking to hit the ground running with any virtualization project, large or small, this book is going to give you the start you need, and along the way will offer you some cautionary tales that will even take some seasoned virtualization veterans by surprise." --From the foreword by Chris Wolf, Senior Analyst, Burton Group
Transform your IT infrastructure into a leaner, greener datacenter with expert guidance from a pair of industry professionals. Through clear explanations, examples, and a five-step deployment plan, Virtualization: A Beginner's Guide shows you how to maximize the latest technologies from Citrix, Microsoft, and VMware. Consolidate your servers, set up virtual machines and applications, and manage virtual desktop environments. You'll also learn how to implement reliable security, monitoring, and backup procedures.
- Select a virtualization platform and develop rollout plans
- Perform pre-deployment network and workstation tests
- Configure virtual machines, storage devices, and workloads
- Set up and secure a fully virtualized and highly available server environment
- Manage a centralized, on-demand application delivery framework
- Handle volatile and persistent desktop virtualization
- Use hypervisors to facilitate workload delivery
- Implement failsafe system backup and recovery strategies
About the Author
Danielle Ruest is a senior enterprise workflow architect and consultant, and a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional for the Virtual Machine product line.
Nelson Ruest is a senior enterprise IT architect and a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional for the Windows Server product line. Together, they are the coauthors of Microsoft Windows Server 2008: The Complete Reference and other titles.
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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
A Must Read book as you consider Virtualization!
6 July 2009
Format:Paperback
As I look at corporate IT today I realized the technology industry is being dramatically impacted by Virtualization technology! How we use and manage servers and storage hardware, and how we deliver business services through software applications will change over the next 3-5 years. It's a daunting task to understand virtualization and the many different solutions out there. Let me say "finally" a book that will truly help you understand the What's and How To's you will face when considering a virtual environment. The author's have put together a great guide that takes you step-by- step through the process of evaluation, implementation and the potential challenges you will encounter. The process of understanding how to plan and move to virtualized infrastructure is both complex and confusing; this guide is very helpful in achieving a successful strategy. This book is the right resource you will come back to time and again, just like I have!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Good introduction, though a bit dated
22 Jan 2012
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
There are very few books that are both vendor neutral and provide vendor comparisons while still providing good coverage of the broad field of virtualization. This is one of those few. While ever so slightly biased toward Microsoft, the authors do not hesitate to acknowledge where other products (e.g., VMware) have superior features. My only complaint is that since it was published in early 2009, it is a bit dated. It doesn't cover the latest advances of VMware or Microsoft products which have both made significant advances since early 2009. Overall, this is a very good introduction to the topic. My hope is that they update this with a second edition soon.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Hard to take credibly....
3 July 2011
Format:Paperback
While i haven't completely finished the book it is clear from reading the first few chapters that this will be a challenge to complete. The authors trip over themselves repeatedly talking about 'their' methodologies or 'their research' which could be presented simply as a summarized list of common sense items. They also introduce new terms that are not used industry wide to further differentiate themselves which ultimately end up confusing you. The writing is also very disjointed jumping from technical to business topics and items that were never introduced properly. Subjects are also intermingled haphazardly with desktop and server virtualization repeatedly addressed in the same paragraph and 'green' computing taking a prominent part of the first chapter - is this a book on virtualization or Real Simple Magazine? If i had read this in a store after a first few pages I would not have bought it as the authors and editors do not know how to present the topic in a clear manner. As it is I'm hoping to get some technical value out of the book even though most of the articles i have read online have provided better and more concise information.
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