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BLADE.ORG 2 MINUTE VIRTUALIZATION SURVEY

1. Are you virtualized on blade servers?

Yes, I am virtualized on blade servers
Not yet, but I am planning to virtualize on blade servers
No, I have plans to virtualize, but not on blade servers
No, I have no plans to virtualize
If you checked "No, I have no plans to virtualize" can you say why?

2. If you plan to virtualize, what type of applications will you be virtualizing within the next 12 months? Check all that apply.

Infrastructure consolidation (file/print)
Email
Virtual hosted client
Line of business application
Other

3. Your preferred virtualization platform is (check all that apply):

Microsoft Hyper-V
VMware
Xen, Citrix XenSource
Xen, Novell SUSE
Xen, Red Hat
Xen, Virtual Iron
Other

4. The reason(s) that you are virtualizing, or have already virtualized, are (check all that apply):

High Availability
Easy Disaster Recovery
Cost Savings
Management
Energy Efficiency
Other

5. What blade CPU configuration are you using (or are planning to use) for virtualization?

1 socket
2 socket
4 socket
Don't know

6. For management of my virtualized data center I use (or plan to use) the following (please check all that apply):

Management software which comes with my virtualization platform (e.g. VMware Virtual Center)

Management software that comes with my hardware platform, which enables management of both
physical and virtual resources (e.g. IBM System Director)

Enterprise-level management solutions (e.g. Tivoli Monitoring)

7. How many physical servers are in your organization?

0-99
100-999
1000-5000
Over 5000

8. What is your annual IT budget?

Less than $100k
$100K - $1M
Over $1M

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