How many virtual machines can you fit on a host server? That's a frequently-asked question when IT pros consider which hardware options to purchase for their virtual hosts. In this tip, I share things ...

Virtual machine density refers to how many virtual machines your virtual infrastructure host servers can maintain, while still performing well themselves and also providing enough compute resources ...

It started out as a way to save money when Gannett Co. was adding new servers back in 2002. Now, says Eric Kuzmack, IT architect at the McLean, Va.-based newspaper publisher, “we have a couple hundred ...

Microsoft provides an interface for delegating different levels of control on Virtual Server, but there are many situations where it does not provide the granularity we need. For example, the Virtual ...

What is a virtual machine? A virtual machine (VM) is software that runs programs or applications without being tied to a physical machine. In a VM instance, one or more guest machines can run on a ...

Docker containers are lightweight, self-contained packages capable of efficiently running various services. Virtual machines are more robust, emulate full computers, and require more resources, but ...

Server consolidation is a big deal. The "do more with less" economy in which we're living has companies wanting to rid themselves of old, insecure and unmanageable Windows NT file servers, Linux ...

A virtual machine is a computing resource that uses software instead of a physical computer to run programs and deploy applications. It operates by running one or more virtual “guest” machines on a ...

Here's how to use the Failover Cluster Manager to make virtual machines fault tolerant or to create new virtual machines. One of the biggest disadvantages to running Hyper-V on standalone ...