Virtualization – Post Implementation Considerations

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Virtualization – Post Implementation Considerations
- By: Kevin Normandeau
  October 5th, 2011
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Raritan provides a compelling discussion in this whitepaper entitled, Virtualization and Data Center Management: Managing the complexities of virtualization. The premise is in understanding the benefits behind having a single audited solution for all servers whether physical or virtual.

The author notes three major reasons for virtualization; simplified disaster recovery efforts, easier deployment and provisioning, and reduced power consumption and cooling needs. The flip side is that virtualization brings another level of administration to the data center, issues with proliferation of access methods, and managing a substantial number of authorization and audit sources.

As noted a single solution is instrumental in reducing complexity. Considerations in such a solution are:
- Ease in understanding and navigation
- Simple visualization of a virtualized topology
- Simplifying the configuration of new virtual machines and hypervisors into the consolidated tool
- Configuring new virtual machines and hypervisors in bulk
- Ease in combining virtualization access tools with physical, out-of-band tools
  Software licensing and dynamic expansion
This paper offers detail in each one of these areas. It also makes an important case for post deployment technology that will enhance the reasoning and benefits of virtualization.
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About Kevin Normandeau

Kevin Normandeau, is a veteran of the technology publishing industry having worked at a variety of technology sites including PC World; AOL Computing; Network World; Geek.com and International Data Group (IDG). Kevin lives in Massachusetts with his wife and two sons. When he is not in front of the computer (which is most of the time) he likes to get out to ski, hike and mountain bike.