Introduction
to Virtualization
Whether your business
employs 10 or 500,000 people, Virtualization has a place in your environment to
save you time,
money,
and reduce productivity costs.
Virtualization was developed in the 1960's by IBM to reduce amounts of data on
their mainframe computers into logically partitioned virtual machines, allowing
them to multitask their applications. As time moved on, virtualization dwindled
as the cost for servers and desktops hit an all time low and server specific
roles were given to each server growing the amount of servers per company to an
unmanageable size, also called server sprawl.
Fact:
Most servers
only use 10-15% of their optimized utilization
As
sever sprawl grew, so did energy costs, staff size and mild heart attacks!
Administrators and IT Directors were faced with daunting tasks of basic
administration, thinking of new ways to effectively backup data and keep it
safe, having strong redundant disaster recovery plans and controlling the
management costs that grew out of control associated with so many servers.
As
industry grows, so does innovation, revisiting the past proved
extremely profitable for a little company based out of California in 1998 that
understood the need to re-introduce virtualized environments and start a new
trend. VMware has continued it's growth and innovative ideas to every imaginable
aspect of virtualization and is now the industry standard as a mature, proven
business.
Every good company
needs competition!
Some
of the best things about virtualization are:
-
There is no excuse for downtime, you can move a Virtual Machine from one
environment to another in seconds, while the end user only notices a slight
delay. No more 6 hour rebuilds!
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You save money while building many virtual machines that sit on one physical
server reducing space and cooling costs as well as removing the need to
manage an ever growing infrastructure.
-
Remote Management allows you to administer and build new virtual
environments from your desk rather than the datacenter. reducing travel and
helping shrink our carbon footprint.
-
Intel Motherboards have built-in Virtualization technology already so you
just have to install and go!
Fact:
Microsoft System Center can manage all your
virtual environments at little cost.
Think Green!
We as a people owe it to our future generation to do our part
in trying to preserve our planet and reduce unnecessary costs and actions.
Virtualization is helping with reducing infrastructure, cooling and energy
costs, minimizing the need for travel and preserving the planet.
Wait,
There's More...
Virtualization doesn't stop at the Data Center, you can virtualize your
desktops
and applications as well. Many computer companies build Thin Clients (machine
that depend on connecting to a server to perform all operating and application
processes) The tremendous amount of administration is almost halted as every
task is done at one location. You build the images, including your applications and deploy
them from a single source, thus reducing your overhead and maximizing your
productivity.
Last update:
05/12/2009 08:36 AM
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