The reality of virtualization for Windows servers

32nd International Conference Computer Measurement Group

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Friedman, Mark ^a  

^a Demand Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ON CURRENTS; PERFORMANCE DEGRADATION; SERVER CONSOLIDATION; VIRTUAL MACHINES; VIRTUALIZATIONS; WINDOWS SERVERS;

MEASUREMENTS;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 84872114819     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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