The 100% Practical Guide to Making Virtualization Work in Real Enterprise Environments If you're involved in planning, deploying, or managing virtualization, this book brings together all the field-proven, in-the-trenches answers and solutions you'll need. Packed with examples and case studies, Practical Virtualization Solutions is a complete, self-paced, hands-on guide to creating a virtualized environment and driving maximum value from it throughout its entire lifecycle. Kenneth Hess and Amy Newman present detailed costs, schedules, and deployment plans drawn from actual enterprise virtualization projects. You'll learn what really works and what doesn't and discover powerful ways to systematically control the costs of virtualization and streamline its management. The authors offer realistic guidance on choosing the best services to virtualize; selecting the right virtualization software, hardware, and vendor partners; troubleshooting and securing virtualized environments; and much more. Along the way, they answer crucial questions IT professionals face in working with virtualization. Coverage includes * Quantifying the time, hardware, labor, and downtime needed to implement virtualization* Streamlining the transition from physical to virtual* Comparing VMware ESXi, VMware Server, Microsoft Hyper-V, Citrix XenServer, and other virtualization technologies* Identifying opportunities to reduce cost and improve flexibility with open source virtualization technologies* Explaining advanced techniques for simplifying virtual machine management* Defining the right role for virtualization in networking and storage* Automating virtual infrastructure management tasks

Kenneth Hess Linux Magazine专栏作家，围绕桌面虚拟化、服务器虚拟化和云计算等主题撰写文章。自1999年起，使用过各种类型的虚拟化产品，并曾是VMware产品 线的测试员。他在DaniWeb网站建立了个人博客，并撰写与Linux有关的文章，且在Internet.com公司旗下的ServerWatch网站 上撰写专栏，每周主持音频播客The Frugal Tech Show。现在，他任职于惠普，工作内容涉及企业级虚拟化和Web托管。

Amy Newman 2001年起关注虚拟化领域，2006年起每周在Virtually Speaking专栏发表相关博客，1999年起担任ServerWatch的总编辑，2009年起担任Enterprise IT Planet的总编辑。在此之前，她曾在Gartner担任调研编辑，负责管理与软件架构相关的几个工作流程研究项目。