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In an increasingly virtualized world, there's always the risk of falling prey to a cyberattack. The best way to prevent an attack is to have a solid security plan in place.
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Containers have rapidly come into focus as an option for deploying applications, but they have limitations and are fundamentally different from VMs.
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Modern servers are shipping with massive amounts of memory, multiple network interface cards and support for solid-state storage. With all the options available, it's hard to know what you need. This complimentary guide on choosing the best hardware for virtualization can help.
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Best practices for securing VMs and virtualization hosts
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High availability is an incredibly valuable concept, one that helps safeguard systems and components against failure. Improve your high-availability strategy with these tips.
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VMware Virtual Volumes provide path out of legacy storage
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Virtualization containers aren't the nightmare you might imagine
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Migrate from VMware to Hyper-V
Before you begin a VMware to Hyper-V migration, you need to ask yourself how many VMs you need to migrate and how much downtime the migration will require.
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What's the difference between a container and a VM?
Containers have rapidly come into focus as an option for deploying applications, but they have limitations and are fundamentally different from VMs.
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The impact of NVDIMMs on the virtual server
Using nonvolatile dual in-line memory modules instead of PCIe-connected NVMe SSDs in your virtual server equates to better speed and overall performance.
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