Top Virtualization Whitepapers

Our whitepaper library is a carefully selected collection of virtualization whitepapers designed to help you evaluate your options for virtualizing assets in your datacenter. Feel free to download as many whitepapers as you like and do let us know if you’ve have suggested additions!
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![]() | Comparing Hyperconvergence Architectures Download Now | Companies of all sizes are shopping for hyperconverged infrastructure solutions and when they do, they will find that they must weigh the benefits of a software-centric approach vs. an appliance- based approach In this paper, you will learn that this doesn’t always have to be a deal-breaker. |
![]() | 2015 State of Virtualization and Storage Management– Survey Results Download Now | In March of 2015, ActualTech Media partnered with Solarwinds in an attempt to discover just how far virtualization has penetrated the data center and to identify the real challenges that face modern organizations. |
![]() | End Your Data Center Logging Choas with vCenter Log Insight Download Now | Commissioned by: VMware |
![]() | Stop the Finger-Pointing: Managing Tier 1 Applications with VMware vCenter™ Operations Management Suite™ Download Now | When problems occur, server administrators blame the storage, storage administrators blame the network, and network administrators blame the applications. What can help end the time wasting? Commissioned by: VMware |
![]() | Hyper-V 2012 vs. vSphere 5.1- Understanding the Differences Download Now | Scott Lowe helps admins understand the critical differences between the two leading virtualization platforms. Commissioned by: Solarwinds |
![]() | Mythbusting Goes Virtual: Debunking Four Common vSphere “Truths Download Now | In this popular paper, Scott Lowe debunks some of the common misconceptions about perported limitations of vSphere. Commissioned by: Dell Software |
![]() | Top Seven Networking Concepts Every Virtualization Administrator Should Understand Download Now | Read about how the architecture mismatch between traditional storage and virtualization is contributing to the I/O Blender and the implications. Commissioned by: Dell Software |
![]() | The Cure for the Seven Deadly Desktop Management Pain Points Download Now | Virtualization Technologies Are Transforming Desktop Management and Reshaping the Desktop Administrator’s Role Commissioned by: VirtualizationSoftware.com |
![]() | Architecting Storage in Virtualized Environments Download Now | How to leverage advances in storage technology to accelerate performance, simplify management, and cut costs in virtualized environments. Commissioned by: Nimble Storage |
![]() | The Storage I/O Crisis Download Now | Data centers are increasingly adopting “scale-out” architectures with networked storage. Drivers for scale-out include server and desktop virtualization, database consolidation, complex analytics, “private clouds,” and so forth. Collectively, these are making random I/O workloads dominant in the data center. How can you handle bottlenecks? Commissioned by: Pure Storage |
![]() | Hyperconvergence for Virtualization Download Now | Competitive industries push the need for better technologies, more reliable infrastructures to support the business. What happens when that can no longer happen with the technology and infrastructure you have in place? When it starts to cost you more to manage and maintain your infrastructure than it’s actually worth? Commissioned by: Scale Computing |