Virtualization
Virtualization can offer increased scalability, reliability, and availability while helping simplify management and reduce operating costs. But more importantly it can reduce the overall cost of IT hardware spending by consolidating multiple virtual systems on one physical piece of equipment.
What are the benefits?
Virtual Remote Desktop and Virtual Server solutions based on VMware® Virtual Desktop Infrastructure and virtualized Dell™ EqualLogic™ Internet SCSI (iSCSI) storage area networks (SANs) can offer similar benefits for the desktop and server environment—helping reduce the traditional cost and complexity of managing physical laptops, desktops, workstations and servers.
There are many benefits to consolidating the number of Windows servers in your environment by taking advantage of the many different server virtualization products (i.e. VMWare and Windows Virtual Server) on the market. These include:
- Lower number of physical servers – you can reduce hardware maintenance costs because of a lower number of physical servers.
- By implementing a server consolidation strategy, you can increase the space utilization efficiency in your data center.
- By having each application within its own “virtual server” you can prevent one application from impacting another application when upgrades or changes are made.
- You can develop a standard virtual server build that can be easily duplicated which will speed up server deployment.
- You can deploy multiple operating system technologies on a single hardware platform (i.e. Windows Server 2003, Linux, Windows 2000, etc).
By taking advantage of server virtualization you can easily improve the efficiency of your Windows Data Center, as well as lower your cost of ownership.
(Note: Summary of article from http://www.itworld.com/nls_windowsserver050411)
