Is Server Virtualization Right For My Business?
May 2, 2013
Server virtualization opens up many exciting new business opportunities. Virtualization allows businesses to consolidate their servers in order to utilize their hardware resources more efficiently. This method of server consolidation lowers operational costs, maximizes the use of space, and increases the agility of your business. Space-saving and cost-effective, the idea seems almost too good to be true!
How Does It Work?
Operating multiple servers creates financial and technical concerns that virtualization addresses through consolidation. Server virtualization allows you to have multiple virtual servers running on one piece of hardware, which provides many benefits. With fewer servers on the floor, businesses can save money on high maintenance and energy costs of aging equipment. With server virtualization, companies no longer need to acquire a server for each application, since a single server can run several application workloads on one server.
The Advantages of Consolidation
The main reasons that companies switch to server virtualization is that it is less expensive and saves space. By
consolidating multiple servers into one physical server, there is no longer a need for a long line of physical servers. This not only saves space, but also cuts down on operational costs since there are fewer pieces of hardware that require maintenance and repairs.
There are many other benefits to using server virtualization, such as:
- Facilitates testing of operating system and software upgrades prior before going live
- The opportunity to build a virtual desktop environment that can be remotely accessed
- Run several Operating System instances on a single system
- Reduce downtime by rebooting individual virtual servers instead of the whole system
- Ease of migration from standalone systems to virtual environments
- Improves management efficiency by having all servers behind a single pane of glass
- Increase business agility
- Cut down on server sprawl and combat increasing energy costs
If you aren’t convinced about server virtualization yet, then give us a call. We would be more than happy to discuss the benefits specific to your current server infrastructure.
Thanks for reading,
Rob Connary, President - COO
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