Data Center Virtualization Fundamentals: Understanding Techniques and Designs for Highly Efficient Data Centers with Cisco Nexus, UCS, MDS, and Beyond, First Edition

Foreword

With the rapid growth of the Internet economy and the explosion of information technology, the data center is playing a pivotal role and is one of the most exciting fields in the world of IT today. The trend continues with both virtualization and cloud computing fueling growth and making data center solutions more efficient and scalable. More specifically, organizations using virtualization technologies are seeing greater returns and more viability to deal with the growing demands of the economy.

Data center virtualization is an evolutionary process that was started several years ago within mainframe computer rooms, and it has dramatically intensified in the last few years. Its proposed freedom from physical boundaries has produced benefits ...