Managing Virtualization

Organizations can take advantage of many benefits by implementing virtualization capability in servers and storage networks. They also take on challenges managing them in complex environments.

Managing Memory, CPUs, and Storage in Virtualized Data Centers

Server and storage virtualization have many benefits, including saving money on electricity, heating, and cooling. However, there are challenges in large data centers. One such challenge is managing memory in the host physical servers. Operating systems installed on host servers now have more code and require more memory to operate. IT staff members allocate memory to applications on virtual machines by using VMware’s Hypervisor software. Staff members need to monitor applications’ memory usage so that servers can be upgraded or applications moved to other hosts if memory in the current host is not adequate. If this isn’t done, applications will run slowly and response times on individual user computers will be degraded.