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Server Virtualization Project Guide
If you're like most value-added resellers (VARs) or systems integrators, server virtualization may seem a panacea that promises to increase revenue. But simply deciding which products will address a particular customer's need is a challenge in itself. The Virtualization Technology Guide will help you compare products, develop strategies and install VM machines. It also offers an overview of storage virtualization technologies.
New in this guide
- Web server virtualization done right (Basics)
- Server virtualization pilot implementation (Strategy)
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Basics
Server virtualization can bring cost savings to customers and increased revenues to resellers. This chapter provides the basics to create virtualization offerings.
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Reseller Opportunities
There are virtual server reseller opportunities in server virtualization licensing, integrating and managing virtualization technologies when developing new product offerings and services for customers. This chapter will get you started.
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Server Software
VMware, Hyper-V, Xen, Virtuozzo. . . so many virtual sever software products and so little time. This chapter helps you compare some popular virtualization options and offers advice on how to select one.
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Software Deployment
Use the resources in this chapter when you take on your next virtualization system deployment project.
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Storage virtualization
VARs and systems integrators may want to include storage virtualization technologies in their storage area network (SAN) product suites. This chapter presents storage virtualization products and trends to consider.
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Strategy
Server virtualization strategy planning and pitfalls, myths and realities, this chapter helps you prepare server virtualization deployment strategies.
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Overview-Virtualization Technology Guide
Chris Wolf, instructor at ECPI Technical College and consultant in enterprise storage and virtualization solutions, offers his definition of virtualization and reviews key issues channel players must consider.