Virtual machine storage is a demanding business. Where once one app server equalled one physical server and the demands on storage were known and predictable, with virtual machines, storage I/O has ...

Server and desktop virtualisation are key technologies driving forward today’s data centres. They bring huge efficiencies to IT that just weren’t possible in an all-physical world. But, delivering ...

It’s akin to the backup-and-restore method many home labbers use to migrate virtual guests between nodes. Well, except ZFS ...

In our last few entries we looked at what can be done today with storage software running as virtual machines. In this entry we will consider what the future holds for storage as a virtual machine.

Busy times on the digital storage and memory industry with back-to-back meetings where digital storage plays an important role, including the Flash Memory Summit, Intel Developers Forum, and now ...

Rick Cook learned programming on a computer with magnetic drum memory. Since then he's written thousands of articles on all aspects of computers and high technology — as well as several fantasy novels ...

BELLEVUE, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Parallels (parallels.com/about), a global leader in cross-platform solutions and creator of the #1-selling software for running ...

Software as a Service offers irresistible benefits for organizations of all sizes — from cost savings to scalability to mobile accessibility. We offer guidance on avoiding the pitfalls of the cloud ...

IBM’s latest software-defined storage product targets data protection for virtual machines. Spectrum Protect Plus uses snapshot technology to provide backup, recovery, and data management in virtual ...

Like physical servers, you may occasionally find that your Hyper-V virtual machines run low on disk space and need to be provided with extra storage. Assuming that you have physical disk space ...

Windows users have several virtualization platforms at their disposal, allowing them to run simulated (or virtualized) systems within a single PC, each acting as a completely independent PC ...