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Virtualization: From the Desktop to the Enterprise (Books for Professionals by Professionals) | 
 enlarge | Authors: Chris Wolf, Erick M. Halter
Publisher: Apress
Category: Book
List Price: $69.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  16 reviews
Sales Rank: 430408
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 600
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.7
Dimensions (in): 10.1 x 7 x 1.6
ISBN: 1590594959
Dewey Decimal Number: 004
EAN: 9781590594957
ASIN: 1590594959
Publication Date: May 25, 2005
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This book did a great job explaining the different aspects of Virtualization. — Joe Topjian, Adminspotting.net Creating a virtual network allows you to maximize the use of your servers. Virtualization: From the Desktop to the Enterprise is the first book of its kind to demonstrate how to manage all aspects of virtualization across an enterprise. (Other books focus only on singular aspects of virtualization, without delving into the interrelationships of the technologies.) This book promises to cover all aspects of virtualization, including virtual machines, virtual file systems, virtual storage solutions, and clustering, enabling you to understand which technologies are right for your particular environment. Furthermore, the book covers both Microsoft and Linux environments.
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 Virtualization: From the Desktop to the Enterprise (Books for Professionals by Professionals) May 25, 2007
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Libro muy completo aunque practicamente solo habla de VMware
Great Virtualization Book for Microsoft and VMware October 4, 2005
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
This book provides installation coverage for VMware (ESX, GSX, and Workstaion) and Microsoft Virtualization applications (Virtual PC and Virtual Server). The book also explores the use of these virtualization applications in different environments, as in "from the desktop to the enterprise". Though the book can be a bit academic, it is easy to read and is packed with practical information and devoid of marketing hype. Some vendor specific information is outdated; however, the publisher maintains updates on the web. The book provides background information to understand all aspects of virtualization applications, virtual file systems, clustering, and backup strategies. If you are trying to get a grip on virtualization, this book is well worth the money (used or new).
Great Book on Virtualization September 17, 2005
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This book is what I needed to bring me up to speed on virtualization. If you are an IT manager and whant to know what the buzz is all about, start with this book. It covers all aspects of virtualization.
Well worth the money September 16, 2005
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
I recently was assigned to a newly created virtualization and storage division within my company and based on a recommendation from a friend bought this book. I must say that I have been very impressed with its content. The authors cover all of the major virtual machine software technologies, including VMware, Microsoft Virtual Server, and Microsoft Virtual PC. At first I was afraid that with so much coverage, this book would be a rehash of existing online docs, but this wasn't the case at all. While the book does offer some simple guidance to get you started with each technology (with both coverage on Windows and Linux), its real value comes in the many tips, tricks, and hacks discovered by the authors. For example, there is a chapter full of backup scripts that can be used for VMware VMs on each platform type, Microsoft Virtual Server, and Virtual PC. The book also describes how to resize virtual disk files. This is not supported, but pretty good to know if you have a virtual disk that is too small.
The book also covers distributed file systems and clustering. I had wanted to setup DFS on Samba for a long time, but didn't have time to do all of the research. After following the procedures in the book, the process was pretty easy. There are also steps provided for setting up Windows and Linux failover and load balanced clusters.
The book finishes up by describing SANs and storage virtualization. If you're like me and are faced with supporting a number of different virtualization technologies, you need this book.
Better Together August 22, 2005
6 out of 8 found this review helpful
I bought this book and VMware ESX server: these books are great together! You will also want to visit VMware's website for cool tips and tricks. VMware really knows what is going on in the industry with virtualization. If you are looking for open source stuff, visit http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/Research/SRG/netos/xen/.
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