Virtualization.
From a user perspective, server virtualization directly infers to a better consolidation of servers that translates into key advantages like greater agility and flexibility in operations, ease of use and of course substantial costs benefits in terms of lower investment in new hardware and lower operating costs. The underlying purpose of virtualization is to optimize server utilization, enhance availability, speed provisioning and so on.
Compatibility
The implementation of virtual applications can be useful even in a legacy IT system environment, by harnessing the untapped capacities of existing severs, which have remained dormant due to lack of use.
According to Arun Gupta, Group CTO of Shoppers Stop, there are several factors that need to be looked at before making the switch to as virtual environment. These include an evaluation of the server's capabilities, the licensing costs involved to execute the virtual process and significantly the impact of the transition on other software licenses. "Most legacy hardware, doesn't give significant gains when utilized in a virtualized environment," he cautions.
Correct Approach
One of the many mistakes often committed during the transition to a virtual environment involves putting up the virtual applications into a single physical server. A move that could result in a complete service breakdown in case of a server failure. "This should be avoided at all costs," stresses Gupta. "There is a need for resilience and thus a multi-server deployment is always beneficial," he adds.
Return on Investment (RoI)
The licensing cost and the support (cost) remain key concerns for SMBs actively considering the deployment of virtualization technology. Given the fact, that in most cases the cost of IT deployment in an SME is restricted to a miniscule percentage of the overall investment, coupled with ambitious RoI expectations, it comes as no surprise that the pace of adoption of virtualization technology in India hasn't lived upto expectations.
Key Benefits
The major advantage of virtualization application is its enhanced scalability, especially when all applications are not peaking at the same time. It also reduces the hardware footprint thereby easing the overall management. Further, it also offers other benefits like a low heat footprint leading to lower costs for maintaining virtualized settings, low power consumption, reduction in space requirements, and ultimately reduction of the cost of running a data center (or a rack of servers) for SMBs.
From a user perspective, server virtualization directly infers to a better consolidation of servers that translates into key advantages like greater agility and flexibility in operations, ease of use and of course substantial costs benefits in terms of lower investment in new hardware and lower operating costs. The underlying purpose of virtualization is to optimize server utilization, enhance availability, speed provisioning and so on.
Compatibility
The implementation of virtual applications can be useful even in a legacy IT system environment, by harnessing the untapped capacities of existing severs, which have remained dormant due to lack of use.
According to Arun Gupta, Group CTO of Shoppers Stop, there are several factors that need to be looked at before making the switch to as virtual environment. These include an evaluation of the server's capabilities, the licensing costs involved to execute the virtual process and significantly the impact of the transition on other software licenses. "Most legacy hardware, doesn't give significant gains when utilized in a virtualized environment," he cautions.
Correct Approach
One of the many mistakes often committed during the transition to a virtual environment involves putting up the virtual applications into a single physical server. A move that could result in a complete service breakdown in case of a server failure. "This should be avoided at all costs," stresses Gupta. "There is a need for resilience and thus a multi-server deployment is always beneficial," he adds.
Return on Investment (RoI)
The licensing cost and the support (cost) remain key concerns for SMBs actively considering the deployment of virtualization technology. Given the fact, that in most cases the cost of IT deployment in an SME is restricted to a miniscule percentage of the overall investment, coupled with ambitious RoI expectations, it comes as no surprise that the pace of adoption of virtualization technology in India hasn't lived upto expectations.
Key Benefits
The major advantage of virtualization application is its enhanced scalability, especially when all applications are not peaking at the same time. It also reduces the hardware footprint thereby easing the overall management. Further, it also offers other benefits like a low heat footprint leading to lower costs for maintaining virtualized settings, low power consumption, reduction in space requirements, and ultimately reduction of the cost of running a data center (or a rack of servers) for SMBs.
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