Server Consolidation
Server Consolidation is the process of virtualizing several physical servers into virtual machines (also called virtual servers) in an effort to reduce the total number of physical servers while still maintaining performance, availability, and backup capabilities.
Virtualization lets you transform hardware into software. Use software such as VMware to transform or "virtualize" the hardware resources of server - including the CPU, RAM, hard disk and network controller - to create a fully functional virtual machine that can run its own operating system and applications just like a "real" server.
Multiple virtual machines can share physical hardware resources without interfering with each other so that you can safely run several different operating systems and different applications at the same time on a single physical server.
Server Consolidation affords the following benefits:
- Infrastructure Optimization - Virtualization makes it possible to achieve significantly higher resource utilization by pooling common infrastructure resources and breaking the legacy "one application to one server" model.
- Physical Infrastructure Cost Reduction - With virtualization, you can reduce the number of servers and related IT hardware. This leads to reductions in real estate, power and cooling requirements, resulting in significantly lower IT costs.
- Improved Operational Flexibility & Responsiveness - Virtualization offers a new way of managing IT infrastructure and can help IT administrators spend less time on repetitive tasks such as provisioning, configuration, monitoring and maintenance.
- Increased Application Availability & Improved Disaster Recovery - Eliminate planned downtime and recover quickly from unplanned outages with the ability to securely backup and migrate entire virtual environments with no interruption in service.
- Improved Desktop Manageability & Security - Deploy, manage and monitor secure desktop environments that end users can access locally or remotely, with or without a network connection, on almost any standard desktop, laptop or tablet PC.
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