Data center virtualization offers numerous efficiency gains for IT infrastructure which include cost savings, scalability and disaster recovery capabilities. To maximize the benefits, IT departments must use carefully selected tools and implement the best practices. This collection of IT infrastructure whitepapers focuses on the most important components required to create and maintain a modernized virtualized data center that is accessible, flexible and secure.
Virtualization permits multiple virtual machines to be run on the same hardware, which means that fewer servers are required overall. This decreases the amount of equipment required, which leads to a reduction in cooling, hardware, and power costs, as well as maintenance costs. It also allows for more efficient use of resources, which can be a huge benefit for companies looking to reduce their environmental footprint. VMs can be isolated from each the other, ensuring that a failure in one VM will not affect the other VMs, or the underlying hardware. This can provide a certain level of security for sensitive information. Finally, scalability is enabled which means that adding or deleting VMs can be accomplished quickly without requiring the purchase of new hardware. This allows businesses to respond to changing demands for their workloads easily and swiftly adapt to a dynamic technology landscape.
