Server sprawl and increased IT costs have managers and system administrators struggled to find ways to cut costs and reduce Total Cost of Ownership of their physical infrastructure. Virtualization allows you to consolidate many servers into a single physical server reducing hardware, electrical, cooling, and administrative costs. Readers of this book will easily be able to plan and use VMware, Microsoft Virtual Server, and Xen. Key Features: * Create a virtual network to exchange information or provide services to other virtual machines or computers. * Use virtualization to support removable media like CD or DVD optical disks * Reduce server costs, administrative overhead, and complexity