Data center virtualization is a great way to unlock a multitude of efficiency gains for IT infrastructure that include cost savings, scalability and the ability to recover from disasters. To maximize these benefits, IT departments must use carefully chosen tools and implement best practices. This collection of IT infrastructure whitepapers concentrates on the most important components required to create and maintain a modern, virtualized data center that is accessible, flexible and secured.
Virtualization allows numerous virtual machines to run on the same hardware, resulting in less servers are needed overall. This reduction in equipment leads to cost savings for equipment, power and cooling and also lower maintenance costs. It also helps in the efficient use of existing assets, which is a major benefit for companies that want to be more eco-friendly in their IT infrastructure. Furthermore, VMs are segregated from each other, meaning that the failure of one VM does not affect other VMs or the hardware that provides a layer of security for sensitive news data. Scalability is also enabled as adding or deletion of VMs without the need to purchase new hardware can be performed quickly. This allows companies to adapt to changes in workload requirements and to a changing technological landscape easily.
POSTED BY
John Avery
27th September 2024
