These slides were presented at Cal Net Technology Group's 2010 Open House co-hosted by Microsoft. During the Open House, attendees learned about 2010 IT trends, IT cost savings, and “greening” techniques.
9. What is Virtualization? Virtualization technology is a way of making one physical computer function as if it were two or more computers Today’s computers are so much more powerful that even just a few years ago that many machines are underutilized
20. Lead time to get equipment and time to install itWith virtualization in place new servers can be installed on existing server hardware on demand
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22. Backups are easy too because Virtual Machines are just a few files
23. Backups of Virtual Machines can be taken offsite and recovered anywhere in the case of an emergency
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25. Reduce energy Needs Have heat issues in your computer/server room? Heat is the #1 killer of electronic equipment, reducing its lifespan and causing outages With less servers, cooling needs are reduced.
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27. Pay less in warranty renewals because you have less equipment
Data provided by Vmware.comServer consolidation is the number one reason and success for virtualization. There is tremendous efficiency and cost savings when consolidating server infrastructure.
Today most people have servers and use tape based backups. These backups protect the data, but the system recovery process is long and slow. Often requiring a manual rebuild of the operating system and applications installed because any data can be restored and users put back to work.With Virtual Servers you can backup the “entire” server making the recovery process much much faster and accurate.