Virtualisation - What is it?
x86 Computing environments have generally been deployed with each physical server runs a single operating system and a single application, with today’ multi core processors, and servers capable of containing vast amounts of RAM this leaves most machines vastly underutilized. Virtualization enables you to run multiple virtual machines on a single physical machine, each virtual machine can run different operating systems and multiple applications on the same physical server.
Virtualisation - Benefits?
Top 5 Reasons to Adopt Virtualisation
- Get more out of your existing resources: Pool common infrastructure resources and break the legacy “one application to one server” model with server consolidation.
- Reduce data centre costs by reducing your physical infrastructure and improving your server to admin ratio: Fewer servers and related IT hardware means reduced real estate and reduced power and cooling requirements. Better management tools let you improve your server to admin ratio so personnel requirements are reduced as well.
- Increase availability of hardware and applications for improved business continuity: Securely backup and migrate entire virtual environments with no interruption in service.
- Eliminate planned downtime and recover immediately from unplanned issues. Gain operational flexibility: Respond to market changes with dynamic resource management, faster server provisioning and improved desktop and application deployment.
- Improve desktop manageability and security: Deploy, manage and monitor secure desktop environments that users can access locally or remotely, with or without a network connection, on almost any standard desktop, laptop or tablet PC.