Microsoft SharePoint 2010 Unleashed

Summary

Server virtualization can provide significant advantages and can let SharePoint architects design highly available and disaster-tolerant environments more easily than could be done solely on physical hardware. In addition, virtualized environments have consolidation, optimization, and cost-saving benefits that make them ideal for many organizations. With proper thought into host and guest virtualization architecture, you can deploy a fault-tolerant and high-performance SharePoint environment that lets you fully capture the benefits of virtualization for your organization.

Use of a virtualization management tool such as System Center VMM can be particularly advantageous because it allows for scenarios such as the one described in this ...