http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2007/09/16/virtualization-solutions-and-problems/ because technology is just another ecosystem Sun, 13 May 2012 00:23:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2007/09/16/virtualization-solutions-and-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-235464 tecosystems » Fedora 8: Close, But No Cigar Wed, 05 Dec 2007 06:48:06 +0000 http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2007/09/16/virtualization-solutions-and-problems/#comment-235464 [...] you get by the technical challenge up supporting guest operating systems, after all, comes the real challenge: managing them [...] [...] you get by the technical challenge up supporting guest operating systems, after all, comes the real challenge: managing them [...]

]]> http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2007/09/16/virtualization-solutions-and-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-167825 links for 2007-09-18 « The Wayward Word Press Tue, 18 Sep 2007 06:21:33 +0000 http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2007/09/16/virtualization-solutions-and-problems/#comment-167825 [...] tecosystems » Virtualization: Solutions and Problems Insightful post on a topic we’ll all be sorting out in the years to come — virtualization. (tags: open-source virtualization) [...] [...] tecosystems » Virtualization: Solutions and Problems Insightful post on a topic we’ll all be sorting out in the years to come — virtualization. (tags: open-source virtualization) [...]

]]> http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2007/09/16/virtualization-solutions-and-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-167455 Andrew Mon, 17 Sep 2007 13:17:00 +0000 http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2007/09/16/virtualization-solutions-and-problems/#comment-167455 A few thoughts... I am in full agreement with you on most of your points. I'm not in the business of Big Enterprise, but I think that if you're running a Windows environment then virtualisation is a huge win. Windows is pretty much tied to the hardware you use. If you need to do a bare metal system restore onto a machine with different hardware the restore will fail. Virtualise the hardware away and all machines are suddenly using the same hardware (or at least the OS thinks so). Restoring suddenly becomes much easier - or at least managable. Virtualisation is not the cure (and indeed can cause more problems), but if you're running Windows it seems to be the only way to stay sane. A few thoughts… I am in full agreement with you on most of your points. I’m not in the business of Big Enterprise, but I think that if you’re running a Windows environment then virtualisation is a huge win. Windows is pretty much tied to the hardware you use. If you need to do a bare metal system restore onto a machine with different hardware the restore will fail. Virtualise the hardware away and all machines are suddenly using the same hardware (or at least the OS thinks so). Restoring suddenly becomes much easier – or at least managable. Virtualisation is not the cure (and indeed can cause more problems), but if you’re running Windows it seems to be the only way to stay sane.

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