VMware
Server Consolidation and Containment With Virtual Infrastructure
VMware software is used by both large and small organizations to increase the efficiency and cost effectiveness of their IT operations. VMware software can help consolidate servers, optimize software development and provide affordable business continuity.
Server Consolidation & Containment — Reduce IT Costs While Improving Flexibility & Responsiveness
Bring unmanageable server sprawl under control by using virtualization to run multiple workloads on fewer servers and to reduce future needs for physical servers.
Consolidation and containment solutions implemented with VMware Infrastructure meet the challenges of server sprawl and underutilization by reducing hardware and operating costs by as much as 50%. A virtual infrastructure also simplifies server deployment and automates resource management to optimize capacity and infrastructure management. VMware virtualization technology makes it possible to package a complete x86 server-hardware, operating system, applications, and configurations-into a portable virtual machine package. Multiple virtual machines can then run simultaneously and independently on a single x86 server with consolidation ratios often exceeding 5 virtual machines per host processor. Over 40% of VMware’s enterprise customers have made virtual machines the default platform for all newly provisioned servers. Fulfilling requests for new servers with virtual machines does not require purchasing new physical servers and improves utilization.
Maximize Resources through VMware Virtualization Technology
VMware technology is used by more than 20,000 enterprise customers and provides a simple, proven solution for consolidating servers. Each workload that previously required a dedicated physical server can be placed in a virtual machine, making it simple to consolidate multiple workloads onto each physical server. The conversion process is made simple with VMware® Converter, which automates the conversion of Windows servers into virtual machines. In addition to consolidating servers today, implementing VMware virtual infrastructure provides a solution to contain future server growth. More than 40% of VMware customers have made virtual machines the default platform for all newly provisioned servers. Fulfilling requests for new servers with virtual machines defers the need to purchase new servers and improves utilization. This ability makes it possible to accurately forecast and strategically manage future growth in computing capacity. Consolidating applications and hardware is the first step to creating IT infrastructure that can better respond to business needs and provide more reliable and robust services.
Simplify Infrastructure Management with VMware VirtualCenter
VMware Infrastructure offers a level of control not possible with other virtualization solutions. It gives complete visibility into an organization’s virtual resources, letting the IT department monitor and maintain high levels of service across the virtual infrastructure. VMware technology makes it fast and simple to provision new server applications using virtual machine templates. These templates are reusable images that allow IT organizations to eliminate many repetitive installation and configuration tasks. When coupled with the hardware independence made possible by virtualization, virtual machine templates can reduce the time it takes to deploy new IT services by as much as 50% — 70%. VMware Infrastructure provides the tools to monitor and analyze virtual machines, resource pools, server utilization and availability with detailed performance graphs. Performance metrics can be defined with several levels of granularity and can be viewed in real time, or across a specified time interval.