Tech analysis: With the increasing popularity of virtualization comes a new problem: virtual sprawl. Keep your virtual machines under control with patch management and inventory software.

See Microsoft Virtual Server. (3) Multiple servers that appear as one system image to the operating system or to the network administrator. See network virtualization.

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A virtual-server platform, such as GSX Server from VMware, lets disk images be swapped among host computers, as each virtual machine emulates the same set of virtual hardware, down to the chipset ...

Kim calls this "virtual machine sprawl," and says it's the inevitable result of IT managers being able to use virtualization software to create and clone servers at will.

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Once an administrator creates and stores a virtual server image, it can be booted onto any physical server running virtualization software.

Virtualization is an excellent technology to enhance recovery due to the portable nature and size of virtual server images.

Known for disaster recovery expertise, the company’s key products include vRanger Pro (backup utility), vCharter (performance management) and vReplicator (virtual server-image distribution).

On the other hand, a virtual server image can be bandied about on very different machines. Being less picky about the hardware usually means lower prices and higher availability.

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