Virtualizing a server or an infrastructure has become a widely accepted way to simplify an environment. The goal of virtualization is to take existing underutilized servers and consolidate them on one piece of hardware. The outcome can be a leaner and more flexible infrastructure.
Business impacts of virtualization
- Reduction of capital costs: By grouping virtual servers on one hardware server cuts the costs. In many cases you can have 5 virtual servers to 1 physical server.
- Energy savings: By lowering the equipment in use you in turn lower the power consumption. Virtualization is a green initiative.
- Hardware independence: A virtual server is not tied to the underlying hardware. Because of this migration from one piece of hardware to another are easy making scalability a breeze. You can also run MAC, Linux and Windows systems all within the same environment.
- Clustering and high availability: Virtual servers have the flexibility to be moved from one piece of equipment to another and be replicated as often as desired. This creates easy backup and disaster recovery scenarios that were not available with hardware servers.
- Simplify management: Less hardware servers equals less potential issues translating to less server management.
- Speed of deployment: Since virtual desktops and servers are simply files on a system, they can be templated and copied like any document. This makes creating new virtual systems quick and easy.
Virtualization has greatly improved the speed of server migrations. gradeAtechs.com has perfected the process and, in many cases, your existing server can be virtualized in realtime during business hours without any interruptions or changes. This automation translates into great savings for our clients.
Should you virtualize?
Virtualizing your IT infrastructure lets you reduce IT costs while increasing the efficiency, utilization, and flexibility of your existing assets. Around the world, companies of every size benefit from virtualization. The cost of virtualization has dramatically decreased making it accessible to the small business market. We recommend virtualizing in many cases however a business case must be put forth. For any recommendations on virtualization contact our team anytime.
