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This week's VMware Communities Roundtable topic was server consolidation -- capacity planning, virtual machine sprawl, and the resulting (and green) cost savings.  Listen to VCR #3 by clicking on the widget on the right or download the mp3 directly. (duration 56:32)

VMware Communities:

• How many VMs would you DARE running on one host ???
• Max number of LUNs per VM

IT Knowledge Exchange: Preventing VM sprawl

VMware Capacity Planner

VMware Dynamic Resource Scheduler

Scott Lowe on Cisco Discovery Protocol: Identifying ESX Server NICs in Blades

VKernel capacity planning & chargeback virtual appliances

Green cost cutting:

• Gartner Says 50 Percent of Mid and Large Sized Western European IT Organisations Will Develop a Green Strategy by the End of 2008
• Big Blue goes green: IBM plans dramatic overhaul of data centers to save $250 million in energy
• HP's data center consolidation provides management insights

The VMware Communities Roundtable is a weekly podcast where thought leaders and experienced practioners from the VMware Communities and virtualization blogs come together to discuss current topics in virtualization.

• VCR #1 - Virtualization forums, xtravirt Virtual SAN, snapshots, security and the Service Console, and comparing hypervisor apples and oranges
• VCR #2 - Green virtualization, ESXi and paying attention to security, and VI 3.5 upgrade experiences.