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High Availability and Server Consolidation with Virtualization

Session Details

Wednesday, October 29, 2008
3:50 p.m. - 4:40 p.m.
Room W224AB

Session Type: Networking and Infrastructure
Content Level: Intermediate
Intended Audience: Frontline technology practitioners, IT directors and managers

Speaker(s)

  • David Boyer, Senior Network Administrator, Buena Vista University
  • Session convener: Tommy Roberson, Manager of Server Operations, Baylor University

Abstract

This session will discuss the strategies, technologies, and procedures Buena Vista University used to virtualize our servers. We will review the process of consolidating 20 Netware, Linux, and Windows servers to four VMWare servers using redundant storage, networking, and data centers capable of hosting any of the virtual machines.

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