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    Ten Things Holding Virtualization Back

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      1Ten Things Holding Virtualization Back

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      by Michael Vizard; illustrated by Brian Moore

      2Ten Things Holding Virtualization Back – 1. Buzzword Bonanza

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      With the advent of server, storage and application virtualization, nobody is sure of what anybody is referring to anymore. Does anybody want a JVM to go with that other virtual machine?

      3Ten Things Holding Virtualization Back – 2. Product Proliferation

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      Between VMware, Microsoft, XenSource, Virtual Iron and whatever else may come, nobody knows if they want hosted, hypervisor or now para-virtualization, or why they need what.

      4Ten Things Holding Virtualization Back – 3. Vendor Politics

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      Arguments between Red Hat and Novell in the Linux community and the squabbling between VMware and Microsoft just serve to freeze the market.

      5Ten Things Holding Virtualization Back – 4. Server Consolidation

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      Virtualization is tightly coupled with server consolidation, which brings a whole new set of system issues, concerns about network performance and higher energy costs.

      6Ten Things Holding Virtualization Back – 5. Virtual Performance

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      The virtualization of file servers is all well and fine, but trying to apply it to a database server just creates all kinds of counterproductive I/O performance issues.

      7Ten Things Holding Virtualization Back – 6. Waiting for Virtual Godot

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      Systems running the next generation of built-in virtualization technology from Intel and AMD that add a lot of value to the equation are just now coming to market.

      8Ten Things Holding Virtualization Back – 7. Waiting for Virtual Godot II

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      Microsoft and VMware are now giving away some virtual machines for free, but the one that everybody wants for free won’t show up until sometime after Windows Server 2008 shows up.

      9Ten Things Holding Virtualization Back – 8. The Black Box Syndrome

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      For the most part, virtual machines are closed operating systems that offer very little visibility into how they work, creating the potential for vendor lock-in.

      10Ten Things Holding Virtualization Back – 9. License Management

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      In a virtual world, nobody is sure if they are in or out of compliance with their application licenses.

      11Ten Things Holding Virtualization Back – 10. No Virtual Management

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      Virtual machine sprawl is making it more rather than less difficult to manage the overall IT infrastructure.

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