EDITORIAL
February 2009 is going to be a busy month for datacenter managers and system administrators. There's the Paris edition of Microsoft Tech Days during the second week of the month, where we can expect to see how Windows Server 2008 R2 with the new version of Hyper-V improves the resilience of server clusters. In this environment Double-Take's GeoCluster solution, eliminating the need for a SAN, makes physical and virtual server migration faster and more efficient.

Then at the end of the month there's the VMWorld conference in Cannes – three days with every key player in the virtualisation industry present. Customers of VMware will be impatient to see the next release of ESX, and we can also expect new solutions for virtual server backups, replication and migration. In this issue of ITRecovery News we take an early look at some of these questions; in our next edition there'll be full reports on both events.
 
 

Disaster Recovery

Choosing the right recovery tool for Hyper-V

Microsoft Hyper-V may be a new release, but it's certainly a burgeoning platform. There are already a lot of great tools for Hyper-V recoverability on the market, many with great track records for providing the functionality that matters most. To chose the right tool, just ask around and above all, test those claims thoroughly. More...

 

Virtualisation

Improved tools for Virtual Server backups

According to the rumours, the next release of ESX, ESX 4.0 (aka vSphere, the project codename) which will include the 2.0 release of VMware Consolidated Backup (*VCB) will be announced at Vmworld – with significant enhancements for virtual server backups. More...

 

News

GeoCluster manages up to 16 nodes replication

Christian Willis, Technical Director EMEA at Double-Take Software, talks to ITRecovery News about the benefits of Geocluster for high availability over the LAN or WAN and physical and virtual system load balancing on Microsoft clusters. More...

 
 
Breaking News:
DOUBLE-TAKE AT VMWORLD EUROPE 09
Bob Roudebush of Double-Take Software will speak at VMworld Europe 2009, taking place in Cannes (France), February 23rd to 26th 2009. Bob will talk about the technical requirements for highly available infrastructures and disaster recovery planning covering both physical and virtual servers. Subjects he'll cover will include how to get the most out of VMotion, how to use virtualisation to improve physical server protection, which technologies are available and which are best for your needs.
When: Wednesday February 25th, 11:00
Where: The "Redaction 1" Room
 
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