Take steps to optimize application performance and catastrophe recovery in a virtual server environment.

In a virtualized environment, IT managers should pay attention to the impact WAN performance has on application performance. When virtual servers are placed in centralized locations, limited bandwidth, high latency and packet loss on the WAN can impact application performance for end users. At the same moment, the WAN can present a major obstacle for goods protection and catastrophe recovery in these environments, when

large virtual images must be replicated amoung geographically disperse locations. For all of these reasons, WAN optimization has become a key enabler for strategic virtualization projects.

There are many reasons why enterprises turn to virtualization as a way of consolidating application servers and databases. While hardware and management costs are typically the most recognized, performance, scalability and shield benefits can additionally be primary drivers.

Virtual machines suffer all the same performance challenges […]

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