Type 1. A bare-metal hypervisor runs directly on the physical host machine and has direct access to its hardware. Type 1 hypervisors typically run on servers and are considered more efficient and ...

Google doesn't talk about its server operations very often; most of what we know boils down to one word: "big." The company lifted the lid ever-so-slightly yesterday (no April Fool), and gave the ...

How many virtual machines can you fit on a host server? That's a frequently-asked question when IT pros consider which hardware options to purchase for their virtual hosts. In this tip, I share things ...

The time has come for hardware vendors to offer service level agreements (SLAs). Readers may be scratching their heads right now. How might an SLA be applied to a hardware vendor? SLAs are typically ...