MS Virtual Server

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Nth Generation has a full suite of server consolidation solutions, including the MS Virtual Server. Details are below:

Introduction

In conjunction with Windows Server 2003, Virtual Server 2005 R2 provides a virtualization platform that runs most major x86 operating systems in a guest environment, and is supported by Microsoft as a host for Windows Server operating systems and Windows Server System applications. Virtual Server 2005 R2's comprehensive COM API, in combination with the Virtual Hard Drive (VHD) format and support for virtual networking, provide administrators complete scripted control of portable, connected virtual machines and enable easy automation of deployment, and ongoing change and configuration.

Additionally, its integration with a wide variety of existing Microsoft and third-party management tools allows administrators to seamlessly manage a Virtual Server 2005 R2 environment with their existing physical server management tools. A wide array of complementary product and service offerings are available from Microsoft and its partners to help businesses plan for, deploy, and manage Virtual Server 2005 R2 in their environment.

Features and Benefits

Virtualization
• Virtualization for operating system and application isolation on a fully tested and qualified Microsoft stack.
• Broad x86 guest operating system compatibility: Runs most major x86 operating systems in the virtual machine guest environment.
• Windows Server guest operating system performance optimization: Add-ins provide even greater CPU and IO performance for Windows Server guest operating systems and certain third-party x86 operating systems.
• x64 host support: Natively runs within a 64-bit Windows host operating system, providing increased performance and memory headroom.

Availability
• Flexible clustering scenarios provide high availability for mission critical environments while improving patching and hardware maintenance processes.
• Guest to guest: iSCSI clustering for guests to guest across physical machines.
• Host to host: Cluster all virtual machines running on a host.

Resource Management
• Policy-based control for balanced workload management.
• CPU resource allocation: Supports both weighting and constraint methods for fine-grained control.
• Memory resource allocation: Supports memory resizing at virtual machine boot time.

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MS Virtual Server

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