So last night I was building a SQL Server 2008 failover cluster in a virtual environment with Windows Server 2008 on the free version of VMware Server. When building clusters on VMware, I typically ...

With the free Citrix XenServer virtualization platform, it's easy to create a highly available virtual server cluster; here's how High availability used to be expensive, requiring both specialized ...

Enterprise IT departments deal with a conflicting set of priorities and constraints in data centers. The number of IT systems identified as critical to core business processes continues to increase as ...

Virtualization and clustering can be two faces of the same coin. Computing virtualization is a very hot topic for data center managers. Whether the motivation is higher utilization, reduced management ...

Microsoft has made a host of improvements to its core virtualization stack in the latest version of its flagship server. The next version of Windows Server is finally here! It's been a long time ...

eSpeaks’ Corey Noles talks with Rob Israch, President of Tipalti, about what it means to lead with Global-First Finance and how companies can build scalable, compliant operations in an increasingly ...

The company's ExpressCluster family of high-availability clustering software comes in three versions. They include ExpressCluster SAN for shared data networks, ExpressCluster LAN for stand-alone ...

ScaleMP announced a new version of its server virtualization for aggregation platform, vSMP Foundation 3.5. The latest version expands support for four-socket systems and adds additional Linux ...

A look at what's new in general and specifically for virtualization and containers in the next LTSC release, Windows Server 2019, due out in the second half of 2018. In case you haven't kept up with ...

No matter the size of your business, having an IT infrastructure that includes cost-effective disaster recovery and business continuity preparedness solutions is a necessity in today's economic ...

Running a bunch of hyper-v virtual machines that matter? You’ll want a high availability cluster. Of course you’ll also want to take backups of those VMs as well. Prior to moving your VMs into the HA ...