Traditionally, server deployment involved one piece of hardware, a single instance of an operating system and a single software application. This meant that physical servers were only 5-15% utilised. Increasing utilisation by installing additional applications was either a security risk, inoperable or difficult to troubleshoot.
An accumulation of servers has led to a large number of underutilised hardware resources, unsustainable power consumption, environment cooling and real estate costs contributing to a miserly return on investment in server hardware.
Virtualisation increases the utilisation of hardware by running multiple ‘packages’ each consisting of virtual hardware, operating system and application. These packages or ‘virtual machines’ are run independently and are isolated from each other addressing security and troubleshooting issues.
From ‘a hardware’ only prospective, (our example of 33:1 consolidation ratio) Total Cost of Ownership has decreased by 43%.
Costs savings are not limited to direct hardware costs with reduced energy consumption, increased productivity all contributing to the bottom line.
Server consolidation lowers total power consumption for servers and environmental cooling, reducing cost by up to 66%.
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