http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/VMware-VSphere-Building-Virtual-Datacenter\/dp\/0321832213\/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1349301361&sr=8-2<\/a><\/p>\nThe blurb reads:<\/p>\n
Every year, IT managers must deliver more services faster, with greater flexibility. They must efficiently handle soaring amounts of data, and unprecedented levels of complexity. And they must do all this with lower budgets and fewer resources. Datacenter virtualization with VMware\u2019s vSphere\u00ae 5 is the best way to achieve these goals and to accelerate your transition to cloud services. VMware vSphere\u00ae 5: Building a Virtual Datacenter brings together all the practical knowledge you need to evaluate, plan, implement, and manage vSphere 5 in your datacenter environment.<\/p>\n
Top datacenter virtualization consultants Eric Maill\u00e9 and Ren\u00e9-Fran\u00e7ois Mennecier begin by introducing vSphere 5 from the viewpoint of the datacenter manager and professional. They present essential definitions, advantages, and functions; review vSphere 5\u2019s architecture; and introduce core components\u00a0 such as vCenter Server and ESXi 5.0.<\/p>\n
Next, Maill\u00e9 and Mennecier turn to implementation, presenting detailed examples, schemas, and best practices drawn from their extensive experience. They share practical insights into budgeting, scheduling, and planning; choosing the right architecture; and integrating vSphere with existing datacenter elements, including servers, storage, clusters, network infrastructure, and business continuity plans. They conclude\u00a0 with a start-to-finish case study: a datacenter virtualization project designed to support specific\u00a0 business objectives.<\/p>\n
Coverage includes<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Assessing the potential benefits of datacenter virtualization in your environment<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Organizing and managing a smooth migration to the virtualized datacenter<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Anticipating specific challenges and risks associated with datacenter virtualization<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Making tradeoffs to optimize stability, elasticity, scalability, and cost<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Choosing the best installation\/configuration options for your environment<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Effectively linking vSphere 5 virtualization\u00a0 to existing datacenter elements<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Driving more value from vSphere 5\u2019s powerful new datacenter features<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Providing storage to efficiently support your hosted VMs, now and in the future<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Managing limited memory and other\u00a0 server constraints<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Leveraging new options for service continuity and high availability<\/p>\n
\u2022\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Using backup architecture as a lever to\u00a0 reduce costs<\/p>\n
Looking forward to getting my hands on it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The more I get involved with my new organisation and its relationship with Atos the more I am immersed in all things managed services and datacentres. One book I’m interested in to help me get back into the real-world is this one: http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/VMware-VSphere-Building-Virtual-Datacenter\/dp\/0321832213\/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1349301361&sr=8-2 The blurb reads: Every year, IT managers must deliver more services faster, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-vmware"],"aioseo_notices":[],"views":2974,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/read.virtualizeplanet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/708","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/read.virtualizeplanet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/read.virtualizeplanet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/read.virtualizeplanet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/read.virtualizeplanet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=708"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/read.virtualizeplanet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/708\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":709,"href":"http:\/\/read.virtualizeplanet.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/708\/revisions\/709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/read.virtualizeplanet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/read.virtualizeplanet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/read.virtualizeplanet.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}