Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V: Insiders Guide to Microsoft's Hypervisor

Fully updated for Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V, you will find additional content on new features and capabilities such as Live Migration and support for 64 Logical Processors (LP). 

• Teaches how to manage virtual machines with the latest System Center tools such as Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2, Data Protection Manager 2010, and Operations Manager 2007 R2
• Covers all of the new functionalities of Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V, including Live Migration, 64 LP support, Processor Compatibility Mode, enhanced processor functionality support, hot-add and remove of storage, TCP Offload support, and VM Queue support
• Demonstrates key scenarios for Hyper-V, including server consolidation, testing and development, Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery, and Dynamic IT
• Provides step-by-step instructions and examples

This insiders guide will help you get the most out of your hardware and reduce cost with Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V.

Amazon EC2 Cloud Outage (Data Center Failure) Remediation

When it comes to IT you must always be prepared!

Here are excellent posts that provide you direction and insight from lessons learned.

8kmiles Blueprint for Achieving High Availability: http://cloudblog.8kmiles.com/2011/04/29/design-for-failure-architecture-blueprints-for-achieving-high-availability-in-aws

How Netflix plans for Cloud failure: http://techblog.netflix.com/2010/12/5-lessons-weve-learned-using-aws.html

RightScale CTO, Thorsten von Eicken in regards to the Amazon outage:
Lessons Learned: http://blog.rightscale.com/2011/04/25/amazon-ec2-outage-summary-and-lessons-learned
Follow up to Amazon response: http://blog.rightscale.com/2011/05/02/aws-outage-follow-up-if-you-wanted-details-you-got-details

There is also a webinar that RightScale is putting on this week, May 6 at 11 AM Pacific Time:
Architecting for High Availability in the Cloud with Sr. RightScale Architect, Josep Blanquer
Register here: http://pages.rightscale.com/high_availability-050611.html

A "running history" of the Amazon Web Services outage can be followed by one of those hit by the outage:
http://blog.hootsuite.com/notes-on-todays-outage/