Virtualization BluePrints

Virtualization BluePrints

Application and Database Server Consolidation on the Sun Fire X4600 Server using Solaris Containers (Blueprints) — October, 2006 Labels: database, containers, virtualization, x64, datacenter

Beginners Guide to LDoms 1.0 (Blueprints) — February, 2007 Labels: cmt, ldoms, virtualization

Consolidating the Sun Store onto Sun Fire T2000 Servers (Blueprints) — October, 2007 Labels: cmt, virtualization, datacenter

Deploying Sun Java Enterprise System 2005-Q4 on the Sun Fire T2000 Server Using Solaris Containers (Blueprints) — October, 2007 Labels: cmt, containers, virtualization

Energy Efficiency Strategies (Blueprints) — August, 2007 Labels: virtualization, eco, containers, datacenter, power

LDOMS IO Best Practices - Data Reliability With Logical Domains (Blueprints) — July, 2008 Labels: ldoms, virtualization, new, cmt

Slicing and Dicing Servers- A Guide to Virtualization and Containment Technologies (Blueprints) — October, 2005 Labels: virtualization, containers, consolidation

Solaris Containers Technology Architecture Guide (Blueprints) — May, 2006 Labels: solaris, containers, virtualization, datacenter

Solaris Containers--What They Are and How to Use Them (Blueprints) — May, 2005 Labels: containers, virtualization

Solaris Operating System Hardware Virtualization Product Architecture (Blueprints) — November, 2007 Labels: virtualization, ldoms, vmware, xvm

The Managed Desktop Factory (Blueprints) — May, 2008 Labels: desktop, vdi, itil, virtualization, datacenter

The Sun BluePrints Guide to Solaris Containers- Virtualization in the Solaris Operating System (Blueprints) — October, 2006 Labels: solaris, containers, virtualization

Understanding the Sun xVM Hypervisor Architecture (Blueprints) — May, 2008 Labels: virtualization, xvm, solaris

Using Logical Domains and CoolThreads Technology (Blueprints) — April, 2008 Labels: cmt, virtualization, ldoms

Using Solaris Cluster and Sun Cluster Geographic Edition (Blueprints) — April, 2008 Labels: availability, virtualization, datacenter

Web Consolidation on the Sun Fire T1000 using Solaris Containers (Blueprints) — October, 2007 Labels: containers, virtualization, cmt, consolidation, web

Working with Solaris Containers and the Solaris Service Manager (Blueprints) — May, 2006 Labels: solaris, containers, sys_mgmt, datacenter, virtualization

Virtualization Related News

Microsoft, Red Hat, HP, Sun boost desktop virtualization

by John Fontana

If there is any doubt that vendors want to poke desktop virtualization into the psyche of corporate IT then last week's rash of vendor announcements should put all that to rest.

Microsoft, Red Hat, HP, and Sun all moved to improve their standing in terms of enterprise desktop virtualization software

Virtualization Related Blogs

An Update on xVM Ops Center 2.0

by Steve Wilson

One of the coolest things about the forthcoming xVM Ops Center 2.0 is that it shares a common set of UI metaphors with the embedded xVM Server user interface. In fact, one could go so far as to say each copy of xVM Server embeds a slimmed down, for both features and footprint, optimized copy of Ops Center 2.

All of your questions answered

by Owen Allen

Some folks here at Sun have put together a white paper giving a high-level overview of Sun xVM and how it all fits together. If you're curious about the bigger picture for Sun xVM, and how Sun xVM Ops Center, Sun xVM Server, Sun xVM VDI, and Sun xVM VirtualBox fit together, it's a good read.

How do I know if I can virtualize my application using Sun Virtualization?

by Wences Michel

Somebody asked me the other day, "How do I know when to use which Sun Virtualization Technology and how do I know if I can virtualize my application?" Well it depends on what problem your are trying to solve. The following are a some general rules of thumb that I use and I though I would share them with you.

Consolidation Technologies - One Size Doesn't Fit All

by Michael O'Connor

So, which technology approach is best for a given use case? The answer is "it depends". It's important to carefully consider your workloads technical and operational requirements as well as your organization's technical depth and operational maturity.