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Server, Storage & Application Virtualisation!

You think you know everything about VirtualCenter?!?

Principled Technologies have undertaken some hardware benchmarking to compare the new(ish) IBM x3850 M2 with an HP ProLiant DL580 G5.
The IBM machine comes out on top with 27% better performance per watt and 8% more performance
from the vConsolidate tool.

I found a fantastic document over at SQLCAT that outlines how to troubleshoot and diagnose performance issues in SQL Server 2005/2008.
I’ve blogged about it here as the principles are just as applicable to SQL Server in a physical or virtual environment.
Enjoy reading this small, but very succinct document here.
This website is awash with great articles, [...]

I found a useful page on the VMware website that outlines hardware vendors support paths for Microsoft products running in VMware.
Check it out here.

Oh Yay, Oh Yay, Oh Yay! VMReference have updated their indispensable ESX3 guide!
Download it here, print it out and treasure it, because it will be your friend forever.
Forbes Guthrie you are a king among men!

Edward L. Haletky has put together a rather comprehensive overview document of backups in a VMware virtualised environment that can be found here on vmprofessional.
It covers everything from the speed of the backups to level of compression gained using the following tools:

VCB (Included with VMware ESX)
Vizioncore vRanger (~