VMware Workstation supports two mechanisms to create copies of VMs: full and linked clones. [Click on image for larger view.] A full clone makes an exact copy of the files that make up the VM. In ...

This vendor-written tech primer has been edited by Network World to eliminate product promotion, but readers should note it will likely favor the submitter’s approach. Performance management has ...

Through the use of their innovative software solution, InovaWave claims that they can increase virtual machine density and performance at the same time. In today's world of server virtualization, ...

Just like with the SPEC.ORG and TPC.ORG server benchmarks, a number of tests for virtualization performance are emerging. Most server benchmarks are designed to measure the performance of a single ...

Intel recently announced the details of the company's forthcoming family of processors, codenamed Penryn, which is slated for release in the second half of this year. These new processors benefit from ...

Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.0 now available worldwide, offering leading features, performance, scalability and cost advantages to customers DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - January 22, 2012 - Red ...

What has driven the market for virtual servers more than the potential to squeeze several servers worth of performance out of just one physical server? It’s the relative ease with which most ...

Extra processing power also lets users multitask more effectively. For example, one core could be used for surfing the Web, while the second core is handling an anti-virus scan. (Processor affinity ...

Virtualization, the process of abstracting physical hardware by creating multiple virtual machines (VMs) with independent operating systems and tasks, has been in computing since the 1960s. Now, with ...