This vendor-written tech primer has been edited by Network World to eliminate product promotion, but readers should note it will likely favor the submitter’s approach. Performance management has ...

Just like with the SPEC.ORG and TPC.ORG server benchmarks, a number of tests for virtualization performance are emerging. Most server benchmarks are designed to measure the performance of a single ...

Cisco Systems Tuesday unveiled new technology that will add virtualization, increased capacity and improved performance to its mainstay modular switch platforms. The San Jose, Calif.-based vendor is ...

Last year, when I did my comparison of virtualization apps for OS X, many readers told me they wished I’d done more extensive performance testing. So this year, when I decided to compare the latest ...

VMware Workstation supports two mechanisms to create copies of VMs: full and linked clones. [Click on image for larger view.] A full clone makes an exact copy of the files that make up the VM. In ...

With the introduction of Intel's new Quad-Core Xeon Processor 7300 series chips came a new technology from the company called Intel VT FlexPriority. It was designed to accelerate virtualization ...

The storage infrastructure that supports a virtualized server environment can quickly become a roadblock to expansion. As the project grows, server virtualization places new performance and scaling ...

Virtualization has become a fundamental technology in the world of computing, allowing organizations and individuals alike to maximize their hardware resources, improve efficiency, and enhance ...

As virtualization software continues to evolve, so do the options for network specialists, IT managers, CTOs, and CIOs. In order to help make the best decision for your organization, it’s important to ...

Virtual PCs have important uses, such as providing a dedicated environment for testing new applications or enabling the parallel operation of multiple operating systems. But the virtualization ...