Category: Virtualization
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Virtualization lets you run many servers on a smaller number of physical machines. Three platforms come up most often for small and mid-sized businesses. Microsoft Hyper-V Included with Windows Server. Familiar to Windows administrators and integrated with Active Directory and Microsoft tools. – Strengths: low additional cost, good Windows integration, solid clustering and replication –…
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A thin client is a small, simple device that connects to a desktop or application running elsewhere, in a data center or the cloud. How it works Instead of running software locally, users connect to a virtual desktop (VDI) or remote session (such as Azure Virtual Desktop, Windows 365, Citrix, or RDS). The thin client…
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Virtualization lets one physical server run many workloads. Sizing it correctly is the key to performance. Start with the workloads List the virtual machines you’ll run and their CPU, RAM, storage, and growth needs, plus peak usage. CPU Fast cores matter for databases and line-of-business apps. For general workloads, a vCPU-to-physical-core ratio of roughly 2:1…