Moving your Enterprise Java applications to virtualized x86 platformsgives you better utilization of resources with easier lifecycle and scalability management. Adding new instances of application servers or updating to a newer version of an application is simply faster when the Java process is in a virtual rather than a physical machine. Moving to a VMware virtualized platform provides immediate benefits:
- Better availability and dynamic scalability
- Simpler application lifecycle management
- Greater efficiency and flexibility without switching application servers
Resources
- Java in Virtual Machines on VMware ESX: Best Practices
- Performance of Multiple Java Applications in a VMware vSphere 4.1 Virtual Machine
- Performance Troubleshooting for vSphere 4 and ESX 4 (2009)
- Performance Brief for IBM WebSphere Application Server 7.0 with VMware ESX 4 on HP ProLiant DL380 G6 Servers
- vSphere Resource Management Guide
- Co-scheduling SMP VMs in VMware ESX
- VMware vFabric Cloud Application Platform
