Virtualization Management Hurdles Remain In 2012

A November InformationWeek report, The Zen of Virtual Maintenance, laid out the virtualization management challenges. The report says 30% of respondents to a survey of IT managers said they run 10 to 20 virtual machines per physical host server, up from only 15% a year ago, while 3% run 21 to 40 VMs per host server, unchanged from a 2010 survey. The number of respondents who said they run 40 or more VMs per service inched up to 8% in 2011, from 7% in 2010.

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