Windows Server Consolidation Strategies

MUST READ The admin's guide to server consolidation WINDOWS MANAGEMENT GUIDE - This guide breaks down the basics of server consolidation, and provides the essential steps and strategies every admin needs to successfully reduce server sprawl. How to use app virtualization for server consolidation TIP - Learn how to take advantage of new application virtualization technologies for operating system migrations and other server consolidation projects.

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	How to use app virtualization for server consolidation 18 Oct 2007 TIP - Learn how to take advantage of new application virtualization technologies for operating system migrations and other server consolidation projects.

	Guest OS virtualization furthers cause of server consolidation Submitted By: SearchWinComputing.com | 23 Jul 2007 TIP - Guest operating system virtualization 'liberates' the OS from the hardware it runs on. This is turn furthers the cause of server consolidation.

	Multi-core CPUs, x64 servers advance server consolidation efforts Submitted By: SearchWinComputing.com | 26 Jun 2007 TIP - Multi-core processors let you reduce your server footprint while gaining processing power, while x64 servers make better use of memory resources.

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	The admin's guide to server consolidation SearchWinComputing.com | 12 Nov 2007 WINDOWS MANAGEMENT GUIDE - This guide breaks down the basics of server consolidation, and provides the essential steps and strategies every admin needs to successfully reduce server sprawl.

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	On standalone Hyper-V, a fuzzy picture emerges SearchWinIT.com | 14 Nov 2007 ARTICLE - Microsoft's standalone virtualization server, now called Hyper-V, won't be ready until late 2008. It's already stirring up questions.

	Server consolidation: Modeling your consolidation server SearchWinComputing.com | 27 Feb 2007 ARTICLE - To calculate how many servers can be consolidated into one without hitting diminishing returns, learn each server's needs and behaviors; model the consolidation server accordingly.

	Blades, Windows rank as practical choices in IT shops SearchWinIT.com | 24 Aug 2006 ARTICLE - A new study shows that IT managers are practical when it comes to using blades and picking server operating systems.

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WHITE PAPERS

	Accelerating Virtualized Environments Published by: Riverbed Technology, Inc. | 03 Oct 2008 WHITE PAPER - This paper examines the trends towards server consolidation and virtualization, and how wide-area data services can help IT organizations address the challenges of application performance and information availability within these environments.

	Deep Dive into Email Archiving Products: 11 Essential Attributes of Email Archiving Systems Published by: Storage Decisions and i365, A Seagate Company | 01 Oct 2008 WHITE PAPER - This document explains essential attributes of email archiving, which aids in managing mail server growth, meeting compliance standards, and managing system usage.

	IBM System x Enterprise Servers in the New Enterprise Data Center Published by: IBM and Intel | 01 Oct 2008 PRODUCT LITERATURE - See how virtualizing and consolidation on IBM System x™ and Intel systems can provide you with 27% better performance and 15% lower power consumption than the competition.

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	Plug and Play in Windows 2000 TechRepublic | 23 Aug 2001 BEST WEB LINK - Plug and Play is a combination of the BIOS, hardware devices, operating system, device drivers and system resources that dynamically detect and install hardware that has been added to a computer. Rather than requiring you to ...

	UPnP forum 20 Mar 2001 BEST WEB LINK - The Web site for the Universal Plug and Play Forum provides up to date information from a consortium of more than 200 companies trying to develop a common networking architecture for a number of hardware devices. The site ...

	Universal plug and play Microsoft | 20 Mar 2001 BEST WEB LINK - Here are the specs and development kit for the Universal Plug and Play (UPnP) networking architecture that aims to leverage TCP/IP and the Web for improved connectivity between various home and office hardware devices.

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	SEE ALSO - Topics Related to Windows Server Consolidation Strategies:  Windows Server Clustering, Windows Server Troubleshooting, Windows Server Security, Microsoft Windows Server Provisioning, Windows Server Virtualization and Microsoft Hyper-V, Windows Server Monitoring and Administration