Vmware’s new vSphere 5 licensing model and pricing will upset some users, because it is going to change the machine sizing rules. The new structure of licensing and limitation is not based on the physical CPUs and physical RAM per server, it is actually based on per CPU with a limitation on vRAM per license for specific version of vSphere.

Memory limitation and prices for each vSphere edition are:

• Standard Edition: 24GB per $995 license
• Enterprise Edition: 32 GB per $2,875 per license
• Enterprise Plus: 48 GB per $3,495 per license

Means that, you can only share VRAM capacity among licensed servers according to the edition of vSphere. However, VMware calls this memory of law as a soft limitation. On the other side, you are able to use more memory than licensed in the VRAM pool as it will not prevent you from powering on your virtual machines (VM).

The positive side of these changes are, no licensing restrictions based on physical cores and memory. It is quite similar to cloud concept “pay for what you use”. But you will have to purchase multiple CPU license if the amount of memory in use crosses the limits. Means, its time for you to re-evaluate your infrastructure and analyze what Vms are running on it now.

Choose a proper web hosting provider:

To get success in your online business, you have to select a suitable web hosting provider. Before selecting a hosting provider you have to search different factors to meet your goals and requirements. If you come up to the web hosting providers with your requirements, then they consider the variables which fulfill your requirements. If you participate in online marketing then you must have some particular requirements, your hosting provider would be responsible to take care of that. If the website is a high traffic, high income one, then the hosting quality and mode are highly critical.

There is one important point you have to know about your web hosting provider, that is the reach ability of your web hosting provider. Means, the hosting provider should be available 24/7 by email, chat and phone. So, you can contact with your web hosting provider as you wish or your web hosting provider can contact with you as they wish. The web hosting provider has to give value to your time, they should not put you on hold or waste your time. If your web hosting provider doesn’t know this fact and they waste your time then don’t choose them or continue with their services.

There are many hosting providers in the market who offer discounts with annual subscriptions. But you can keep away from making long term service contracts with the web hosting provider. If in any case the partnership does not work out then then you shouldn’t be bound to carry on with the existing hosting provider.

You have to search a reliable and reputed web hosting provider. Before selecting any hosting provider you can spend some time to do online research. You can also get help from different forums and blogs. Before selecting the hosting provider cost factor is one more important factor. You have to finalize your budget for your web hosting and then it would be easy to select hosting provider as per your budget. But keep in mind in case of hosting, reliability and security both are the more important points than cost.

One more most important point you have to know about your hosting provider is that, find out if they provide File Transfer Protocol (FTP) or not. With the help of File Transfer Protocol (FTP) you can access your own data and also you can to backup or transfer your data very smoothly.

As we all know Hyper- V is a virtualization technology for Windows platform and this new 3.0 version is specially developed for the Windows 8 client and Windows Server 8. Microsoft is going to offer this version as a stand alone product.

The key features of this operating system are:

• It focuses more on virtualization with the update to hyper-v 3.0
• High availability, simple management of multiple server platforms
• Main vision is to focus on the cloud computing
• More flexibility and simplicity to manage data and applications

However, hyper-v 3.0 is based an older version of hyper-v that creates a virtualization environment for multiple partitioning to run. The layer of hypervisor, or the parent partition actually enables the management of child partitions. In addition, hyper-V uses the term partition to refer to a virtualization layer that provides an separate environment in which guest OS and application can run.

It also distinguishes itself from previous physical process of the hypervisor. Additionally, it has an extensible virtual switch which gives advanced networking features such as extensions to analyze and monitor the traffic.
One of the additions in Hyper-V 3.0 is a Live Migration function, which enables the migration of a VM directly from one server to another (be it in the same cluster or in the different cluster ). This greatly simplifies the management of virtual machines especially for SME’s.

Configuration and server management in windows server 8

Windows server 8 can reduce the time of service by improving the management of large volumes and reducing the risk of data corruption. Actually, the native function of pooling network interface reduces the problems while using tools and allows the user to improve the performance and availability of network connections.

Even though, windows server 8 offers the possibility to switch from one mode to another without reinstalling it. Furthermore, it only installs essential services by default, you can install the different roles later. The specific advantage of this feature is, it reduces the consumption of disk space or resources such as CPU or RAM. The hyper-v 3.0 feature in Windows Server 8 is specially built to offer more scalability and it can support more than 32 nodes and 4,000 virtual machines.

There are countless business owners in the world. Some of them are new and small business owners and some of them are old and big business owners. Now internet is a very easy option for all so, maximum of them business owners want to create an online presence. Business owners have to follow some important points to get success in online business. Those are as follows :
* Choose a proper web hosting plan.
* Choose a proper operating system.
* Choose a proper web hosting provider.

 
* Choose a proper web hosting plan :
There are many types of web hosting. Such as:
Shared hosting: In case of shared hosting, many websites are hosted in a same physical server. Means, many customers are share the same physical server and resources. This web hosting is the cheapest hosting plan in the hosting market. If you have a low budget for hosting your website then you can choose this hosting plan.
VPS hosting : VPS stands for virtual private server. VPS hosting is a middle option of shared hosting and dedicated hosting. In case of VPS hosting, more than one virtual server is created in a single server. Means, more than one customers share a single server but they can install any software or reboot their virtual server as they wish. VPS users get more flexibility than shared hosting users. If you have little bit more budget than shared hosting then you can choose VPS hosting.

Reseller hosting : Reseller hosting is one kind of web hosting, where the account owners have the capability to utilize their assigned hard drive space and bandwidth to host websites on behalf of third parties. If you have a business strategy and you want to make money with web hosting then reseller hosting would be suitable for you.

Dedicated hosting : In case of dedicated hosting, one physical server is fully dedicated for one user. They don’t have to share resources. Users get great level of flexibility, security, reliability and uptime with dedicated hosting. If you have a good budget for your website hosting then you choose dedicated hosting.

Other than the above mentioned hosting plans, few more hosting plans are available in the hosting market. But you have to choose a hosting plan as per your requirements.

Choose proper operating system :
There are mainly two operating systems available in the web hosting market. Such as :

Linux operating system : Linux is a open source, reliable, fast operating system. As we know that linux is an open source operating system that’s why Linux is a cheaper option than windows OS. Linux is a very secure operating system. Though it still can be attacked when compared to Windows, it is much more secure.

Windows operating system : Windows is a Microsoft product. MS windows comes with a help section. In addition, online help is available in the form of a large number of documents. There are also guide books available for every version of windows. Windows is a much easier option than Linux. It is very easy to use.

At first you have to decide your needs so that, you can choose a proper operating system.

The next revolution of BODHost Cloud solution is to make the appropriate cloud computing environment for call centers to remove obstacle created by outdated premise based solutions.

According to our communication with some of call centers CEO’s, the thing which we have noticed, they are searching for possibilities to increase their revenues while cutting down the overall operational costs. Many of them have shown their interest in our enLight cloud computing as it is a way to achieve both of these objectives.

enLight cloud computing has a real ability to reduce costs while it simultaneously increases customer satisfaction levels. This newly innovated solution increased visibility into our network and applications to ensure a consistent and cost effective delivery to the end users. In addition, this system is pretty easy to use with simple to scale resources according to the current business needs.

So join our cloud to discover how it offers a practical solution and provides transparent user access, security, and performance to optimize applications in the environment of cloud architecture. Check out the following link to learn more about our cloud computing solutions and how it can help your company’s needs.

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