Data center virtualization offers a variety of efficiency gains in IT infrastructure that include cost savings, scalability, and disaster recovery capabilities. To reap the most benefits, IT departments must use carefully selected tools and implement best practices. This collection of IT infrastructure whitepapers is focused primarily on the primary components needed to build and maintain a modernized virtualized data center that is accessible, flexible and secured.
Virtualization allows multiple virtual machines to run on the same physical hardware. This reduces the number of servers needed. This decrease in equipment leads to cost savings for equipment, power and cooling, as well as reduced maintenance costs. This also allows for more efficient use of resources, which can be a major benefit to businesses looking to reduce their environmental footprint. Furthermore, VMs are segregated from each other, so the failure of one VM does not affect other VMs or the hardware that is underlying it which adds an element of security for sensitive data. Finally, scalability is enabled which means that adding or deleting VMs can be done swiftly without the need to purchase new hardware. This lets companies adapt to changing demands for workload and a rapidly changing technological environment with ease.
