A virtual machine (VM) snapshot can be a boon when it comes to recovering from a sudden system or VM failure. A virtual machine’s snapshot preserves the state of a VM and all its data. When data is ...

Disk snapshots are one of the best data-protection mechanisms available in the data center today. Whether it’s a SAN-based snapshot technology or one built into your file system or operating system, ...

Recognizing that some customers have stalled along the road to adopting virtualization, VMware is coming around with some seriously powerful jumper cables. With Tuesday's unveiling of vSphere 5, ...