Consolidation ratio within
network infrastructure for
Internet hosting, is the number of
virtual servers that can run on each physical
host machine
A hypervisor (also known as a virtual machine monitor, VMM, or virtualizer) is a type of computer software, firmware or hardware that creates and runs virtual machines. A computer on which a hypervisor runs one or more virtual machines is called ...
. Many companies arrive at that figure through trial and error by stacking virtual machines on top of each other until performance slows to a crawl. “It’s sort of
capacity planning
Capacity planning is the process of determining the production capacity needed by an organization to meet changing demands for its products.
In the context of capacity planning, design capacity is the maximum amount of work that an organization ...
by bloody nose,” observes Bob Gill, managing director of server research for analyst firm TheInfoPro Inc. of New York.
The recent V-index showed that the average consolidation ratio is actually lower than was expected - 6.3:1 VMs per physical host (actual ratio) vs. 9.8:1 (perceived)
ServerWatch.com: V-Index: Measuring Virtualization Technology's Reach
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See also
* Nagle's algorithm
References
Computer networking
Networking algorithms
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