Server Virtualization Session

Building Fault Tolerant Virtualization Resource Pools
Presented by Shannon Snowden, Consulting Partner,
New Age Technologies

Over the past few years many organizations have been moving to server, desktop and application virtualization technologies. But, in order to take full advantage of these technologies companies must use a specific implementation order, which starts with server virtualization. When organizations make the move to Server Virtualization, they quickly discover that fault tolerance is an absolute must in the resource pool.

The question is: Are all fault tolerant solutions the same (hint: they are NOT), and how can you determine which ones are the right fit for you? What makes one solution better than another? Get all the pros and cons and understand the issues from IT administrator’s point of view, asthey consider building such highly available resource pools. And once the resource pool is ready, what's your next step? Renown speaker and IT strategist Nelson Ruest gives you soup-to-nuts solutions focused on:

• Fault tolerance requirements for resource pools
• Creating a fault tolerant resource pool with Hyper-V
• Creating a fault tolerant resource pool with VMware
• Recommendations for large organizations
• Recommendations for small to medium business