Many of you are thinking, I hope, that you know what short distance disaster recovery is. The concept should be familiar, even if the term short distance disaster recovery is not. A few typical scenarios would be:
Continue Reading 2 comments August 8th, 2007
Know what you don’t know. Any experienced computer technology expert knows this simple rule, if they don’t fire them now, seriously. While you are at it, if the company CPAs do not know this as well, fire them too, I will explain later why. This know-what-you-don’t-know concept is the basic principle of the scientific method. In other words, if you don’t know what questions to ask in solving a problem, you have no possible hope to finding a viable solution. How does this prove applicable to virtualization?
Continue Reading 3 comments August 1st, 2007
There are a few new buzz words in virtualization! One of the seemingly vague terms, is Containers. The use of the word in context to virtualization is recent, but not the concept in computing, in fact one of the first desktop platforms to use this concept in limited form was Apple Computer, in its Macintosh OS 7.x, where individual applications could be isolated to a logical memory space.
Continue Reading 2 comments July 17th, 2007
Virtualization is a simple concept to define, steal from Peter what he owns but does not use, and give to Paul. Or another way to look at it, virtualization is a form of computing communism! Take resources that are not used, and use them. Ok, so this is simplistic? Well, actually no. To explain my point, we need to go back to the early days of computer design and engineering, and the initial generation of software code development, which states: computing, regardless of the technology or the terminology, have two key resources, which are time and space. One key rule of computing is that you use time to save space, or you use space to save time, but you can not do both at once. Now why did I explain this in reference to virtualization? Because in virtualization the assumption is, that you have additional time and/or space that you are not using effectively, that there is always some time, or some space in a computer system that is not used effectively all the time, at least some if not all the time.
Continue Reading 1 comment July 12th, 2007
Does this title give you a headache? Well it should. In fact, it was designed to create them, and as a side effect, cause an insane number of search engine mismatches. Why would anyone do this? Easy to answer that one and glad to do it, to stop that thumping in between the ears.
As you may have already contemplated or realized that ‘A Proper Virtual World’ is a BLOG* about virtualization tactical and strategy themes that are common to all virtualization platforms, be said platform based on Xen, VMware, Solaris Containers, AIX Micro-partitions, Microsoft SQL, Microsoft IIS, or even Microsoft Virtual Server.
Continue Reading Add comment July 10th, 2007
This BLOG will serve as a resource for all types of virtualization users – from newbies to advanced users of virtualization – as each stage of virtualization carries its own unique challenges. Through this BLOG, we hope to provide perspectives that span across different virtualization platforms; discovering synergies and communal “pain points” (and their solutions!) along the way.
Continue Reading 5 comments July 9th, 2007
Carlsbad, California – May 30, 2007 – ToutVirtual, an emerging leader in management software for virtual computing infrastructures, today announced the availability of several VirtualIQ Pro products. VirtualIQ Pro is a virtualization management solution ideal for IT managers looking to go beyond virtualization configuration tools and ready to take a proactive stance to managing their virtual infrastructure – regardless of virtualization platform or scale. The ToutVirtual VirtualIQ Pro products enable real-time monitoring, host and virtual machine performance management, capacity planning, and faster root-cause analysis. These products are hypervisor agnostic and support multiple and heterogeneous virtualization platforms available from VMware, Microsoft, XenSource and Novell and are available as either software or plug-and-play software appliances. Both the scalability and heterogeneity of VirtualIQ Pro make it ideal for small, medium and enterprise-level environments.
The market is in need of more advanced virtualization management tools. “The rapid spread of virtualization on Intel architecture platforms is increasing the need for software tools to effectively manage these environments,” noted Tim Grieser, program vice president for system management software at analyst firm IDC. “Multi-function tools that can manage across a variety of environments, such as VirtualIQ from ToutVirtual, are increasingly needed by IT to monitor and control their virtualized resources. This type of software provides leverage so that IT can efficiently manage the increasing complexity of virtualized infrastructures and virtual machines.”
VirtualIQ Pro is sold as a software appliance or just as software. VirtualIQ Pro software appliances are packaged as a virtual machine and can manage up to 10 CPUs or up to 50 virtual machines – a starter solution for quick evaluation of various virtualization technologies. The VirtualIQ Pro software is scalable to an unlimited number of CPUs and virtual machines, best for mid-market to enterprise customers.
VirtualIQ Pro products allow IT administrators to automate and fine-tune heterogeneous virtual environments using business-policy configurations, visual resource usage correlations (CPU, memory, multiple hosts and multiple virtual machines), alarms, reports and more.
VirtualIQ Pro products provide IT managers the following technical benefits:
VirtualIQ Pro products are cost-effective and produce a better ROI via:
“We hear over and over again that what customers need now is the ability to manage virtual servers using policy-based and automated IT processes,” said Vipul Pabari, chief technology officer for ToutVirtual. “VirtualIQ Pro is a unified management console that enables broad deployment of virtualization technology in a snap. VirtualIQ Pro’s capacity planning, performance management and web-based reports enable IT administrators to proactively manage their cross-platform virtual server environment.”
Pricing, Availability and Platforms Supported
The VirtualIQ Pro software appliance supports up to 10 CPUs (sockets) or up to 50 virtual machines. The US end user list price for each software appliance is $599 for a one-year subscription or $1499 for a three-year subscription. The VirtualIQ Pro software solution pricing is based on the number of CPUs and virtual machines. The US end user list price for VirtualIQ Pro software, for up to 10 CPUs (sockets) or up to 50 virtual machines, starts at $599 for a one-year subscription or $1499 for a three-year subscription. The software solution can support unlimited number of CPUs or virtual machines. For a limited time, introductory promotional prices are available at www.toutvirtual.com.
VirtualIQ Pro products are hypervisor agnostic and can be installed on either Windows or Linux OS and support the following virtual platforms:
About ToutVirtual
ToutVirtual, Inc. is an emerging leader in virtualization system management software to manage and automate virtual computing processes and ease the move from pilot to production. VirtualIQ, the company’s flagship product suite, allows organizations to obtain a holistic view and control their virtual infrastructure including servers, applications, storage, and clients independently of the underlying virtual computing platform. Unlike other companies whose products are vendor specific, platform specific, or network tier specific, ToutVirtual software operates across multiple platforms and is multi-tier to prolong product life, protect IT investments, and maximize ROI. Additional information about the company and its products is available at http://www.toutvirtual.com.
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ToutVirtual, VirtualIQ and VirtualIQ Pro are registered trademarks or trademarks of ToutVirtual, Inc. All other marks and names mentioned herein may be trademarks of their respective companies.
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