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 ...

Looking for a quick, easy and inexpensive way to increase your file server capacity or do some server consolidation with existing hardware? A virtual file server using VMWare or Microsoft ...

After reading my article "Backing Up Live Virtual Server VMs," a couple of administrators asked me if it was possible to back up individual files or folders inside a running Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 ...

This simple example demonstrates how to get virtual hosts up and running quickly on your WAMP server. The Windows Apache MySQL PHP (WAMP) server is incredibly powerful. Not only does it allow you to ...

How many virtual machines can you fit on a host server? That's a frequently-asked question when IT pros consider which hardware options to purchase for their virtual hosts. In this tip, I share things ...

Over the last couple of weeks, we talked about one of Microsoft’s newest products called Microsoft Data Protection Server. This week, I want to provide you with an update on the next release of their ...

Over the next few weeks, I'm going to be writing about some of my favorite features in the recently released Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 Service Pack 1. This week, I'll start with VHD Mount. VHD ...

Germany-based open-source file syncing and sharing software company ownCloud has added a virtual filesystem to its desktop client, which means that users will now need much less local storage space ...

I need to start thinking now about what we're likely to want to replace a bunch of our current servers with when the leases expire.<BR><BR>What we're talking about as things stand now are:<BR><BR>1 x ...

Advances in printers, workstations, and storage media help make engineers more productive. The hierarchy used in CAD/CAM networks today typically is one of a client/server nature. Each workstation, or ...