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Virtualization will be the most-important trend for servers through 2012, but there are six basic best practices enterprises should consider before they virtualize their servers, according to Gartner.

While the return on investment (ROI) is compelling, virtualization can be implemented badly in costs, management strategy, approach, architecture and software. Many of these problems can be avoided if enterprises make the proper assessments before they virtualize their machines.

“In the next five years, the immature server virtualization market will mature, as competition evolves and forces changes in pricing,” said John Enck, vice president and research director at Gartner. “Most enterprises can’t afford to wait for the market to mature — server sprawl, data center space and power problems are here now. Organizations deploying at least 50 virtual machines per year will be able to build a business case with rapid ROI now.”

Very cool, do check out this article talking about things to think about in the virtualization space, an interesting read.

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