Do these scenarios sound familiar?
- Is server provisioning consuming too much administrative time?
- Are you concerned that your servers are underutilized?
- Has data center floor space and energy consumption become an issue?
The proliferation of server resources, known as "server sprawl," is greatly impacting operation costs,
energy consumption and the addition of administration requirements. According to Gartner, today energy
costs typically form less than 10 percent of an overall IT budget; however, this could rise to more than
50 percent in the next few years. Gartner also reports many businesses’ server utilization rates are between
5 and 15 percent of their total server capacity. Organizations with more than 200 servers will waste between
$500,000 and $720,000 annually.
Why Server Virtualization?
Server virtualization addresses the issues of "server sprawl" by allowing a single server to host multiple
operating systems and applications, thus reducing the number of physical servers required, while increasing
utilization of each server by 10 to 15 times.
When virtualizing a server, each virtual machine has its own set of virtual hardware upon where an operating
system and applications are loaded. Virtual machines are encapsulated into files, making it possible to easily
save, copy, provision and roll-back server configurations. Since each Virtual machine is a file, this also
allows for fast and easy movement of a virtual machine from one physical server to another, with zero downtime.
Benefits of Virtualization include:
- Reduced IT costs for hardware, power and cooling, maintenance, management and administration
- Faster server provisioning
- Seamless and isolated failure-over in case of hardware failure
- Streamlined management of server environment
- Increased space utilization efficiency in the data center
- Dynamic test and development environments
Kovarus Teams Up with VMware To Deliver Server
Virtualizaton Solutions
Kovarus has earned the prestigious certification of VMware Authorized Consultant (VAC), VAC authorization allows
Kovarus to architect, implement, procure and manage virtualization initiatives for customers. Through our partnership
with VMware, Kovarus delivers server virtualization strategies and technologies and provides knowledge transfer of these
technologies to help organizations continue to address concerns around server utilization, provisioning, and power consumption.