I believe that a snapshot of a vmware virtual machine on esxi 5.x (and probably 4.x as well) can only grow as big as the original virtual machine, whereas my colleagues think they can grow bigger.

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, ...

Server virtualisation introduces a radically different approach to backing up data in the enterprise than simply using backup agents installed in the guest operating system and backing up VMs across ...

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, ...

With one new product released, and one about to be, server virtualization is becoming a reality in the low-end server space. How can virtual servers help you? While the benefits of virtual machines on ...