With the ever increasing power of the computer world there comes a time when corporations have hundreds if not thousands of computers for the singular purpose of handling the work flow within their organization. However this has become costly on electricity, hardware, maintenance, and personal to keep these computers working. What can be done to reduce the cost but not the productivity of a company? Virtualization technologies holds the answer.
Through virtual tech it is possible to reduce a server room with ten, twenty, or even a hundred servers down to a handful of computers all running virtual machines. These VM's are the same thing as running two operating systems at the same time from one machine. However from a server standpoint it is like hosting your mail server on your application server, at the same time, yet neither server knows they are on the same box!
This new technology lets companies cut back on their costs while simultaneously improving their ability to scale up by using less electricity, air conditioning, and physical space for their servers. It also allows them to run more secure network since it is easier to monitor the activity of a couple virtual machines running on a single box than it is to monitor twenty or thirty servers.
However VM ware can be a confusing and low-documented technology to start moving into. With no knowledge of the technology or the big players that are involved within the tech it is very difficult to understand what is happening within the market, how to utilize the new technology, and how to effectively plan the transition to the virtual environment. Questions of which provider to go for come up, Microsoft virtual machines, or VM ware workstation? Should you run a baremetal server with a hypervisor or should you just run a full desktop virtual server. Do you need an application, workstation, or desktop environment?
All of these questions can easily be answered by industry professionals who are in the know, however for smaller business owners these are daunting questions that all require hours of research to answer faithfully. It can be difficult to find accurate information from the web that describes these differences and the pros and cons of each different type of server.
In the coming future you don't want to be left behind by faster more agile companies. Be on the fore front of new technology with virtualization.
Through virtual tech it is possible to reduce a server room with ten, twenty, or even a hundred servers down to a handful of computers all running virtual machines. These VM's are the same thing as running two operating systems at the same time from one machine. However from a server standpoint it is like hosting your mail server on your application server, at the same time, yet neither server knows they are on the same box!
This new technology lets companies cut back on their costs while simultaneously improving their ability to scale up by using less electricity, air conditioning, and physical space for their servers. It also allows them to run more secure network since it is easier to monitor the activity of a couple virtual machines running on a single box than it is to monitor twenty or thirty servers.
However VM ware can be a confusing and low-documented technology to start moving into. With no knowledge of the technology or the big players that are involved within the tech it is very difficult to understand what is happening within the market, how to utilize the new technology, and how to effectively plan the transition to the virtual environment. Questions of which provider to go for come up, Microsoft virtual machines, or VM ware workstation? Should you run a baremetal server with a hypervisor or should you just run a full desktop virtual server. Do you need an application, workstation, or desktop environment?
All of these questions can easily be answered by industry professionals who are in the know, however for smaller business owners these are daunting questions that all require hours of research to answer faithfully. It can be difficult to find accurate information from the web that describes these differences and the pros and cons of each different type of server.
In the coming future you don't want to be left behind by faster more agile companies. Be on the fore front of new technology with virtualization.
