The savings of the virtualized data center are extremely compelling, but this technology also presents a new set of challenges. Specifically, all hardware resources: CPU, memory, storage and network utilization, are shared between virtual machines. This means that applications and users can impact each other and a lack of resource monitoring can lead to poor performance and even system downtime.

In this white paper we will give you a formula for ensuring that you won't run into these problems. In fact if you closely monitor resource availability, you will create a very stable environment and prove to your users that virtualization is ready for prime time.