How Server Virtualization Tools Can Balance Data Center Loads
Virtualized servers create power and hardware savings, but also come with management headaches. A growing set of tools can help.
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Bishop agrees: “We’ve achieved very good results, but we’re trying to create an integrated management capability with all the tools in one view.” Bishop, who uses HP’s Mercury BAC suite, OpTier CoreFirst and Symantec i3, would like to see these tools better integrated with Scalent, VMware and DataSynapse, which he uses for application virtualization. After all, he says, virtualization tools can solve manageability issues, but CIOs want a holistic management picture.
Reach Associate Staff Writer Katherine Walsh at kwalsh@cio.com.
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