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Capacity management is a key area of virtualisation that needs to be considered by companies looking to expand beyond the pilot phase of the process, it has been suggested.

In an article for Computerworld, Kevin Fogarty highlighted the tools that matter most in regards to virtualisation management by asking experts on the subject.

Greg Shields, a writer on the details of these types of implementations, noted: "Virtualisation is taking what became sort of an also-ran activity - capacity management - and showing why it's really a critical step."

The specialist explained the important element here is how capacity is distributed to specific workloads on individual machines.

Mr Fogarty also identified performance optimisation, storage management, virtual enterprise management suites and desktop virtualisation planning and supervision as key factors in such management.

Writing for GreenBiz.com, Larry Vertal recently noted firms that seek to bolster their energy-efficiency by implementing server virtualisation are likely to reap financial rewards in the future.

Posted by Shannon Wells