VIRTUALIZATION
Virtualization concepts have been around for many years – it is a technology that allows multiple virtual servers to run on a single physical or host server.
Virtualization is now affordable and practical for small businesses with products introduced by such companies as VMware and Microsoft.
Virtualization benefits your business by:
| Reducing capital expenses | Fewer physical servers required onsite |
| Reducing operational costs | Less power and air conditioning used Fewer annual system maintenance agreements required |
| Improving reliability | Applications which do not co-exist well can be isolated without incurring additional hardware costs |
| Supporting a mix of new and legacy applications | No need for separate (physical) servers to isolate old and new applications |
| Supporting a ‘Go Green’ corporate strategy | Reduces impact on environment |
| Simplifying disaster recovery – business continuity | Production (virtual ) servers can be moved to other servers, even in alternate locations, with little effort and downtime |