The zombies are here—zombie servers, that is. These machines of the living
dead siphon power from data centers without returning much, if anything, of
value. In effect, they simply sit around and eat up resources (excluding brains),
weighing down businesses through higher energy, space and maintenance
costs. But it's not the end of the world yet: data center operators have options,
beyond just virtualization, when it comes to addressing this stubborn problem.
By Jeffrey r CLark, Ph.D
Avoiding the
Zombie-Server
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