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Introduction to Virtualization & Virtual Servers
Efficiency
Virtualization is something new that is going on all around us in business today. An up and coming standard paving a new path eliminating the conventional network. No longer is business forced to store large amounts of information on a physical server. Gone are emergencies of failed hard drives, wasted CPU power and storage space. Cost effective disaster recover solutions now take hours (sometimes even minutes) instead of days. Simply put, we have reached a global revolution changing the way business is carried out. We understand that you have a business to run and keeping up with today's FAST pace technology is a heavy task. We have created a base of information for you to assist you in making an informed decision. Plus we will be here every step of the way.
In a standard network you will find a number of devices, the most important being your servers which store your data and run your major applications, plus computers for your users so they can access the application that allow them to edit the data stored on those servers or data stored on the local computer. Each server and computer is made up of its own set of CPUs, hard drives, and memory modules. With each server having its own hardware the CPUs, hard drives, and memory modules are never used to their full potential. Statistics show that most servers only consume 20% of their power. This typical network has served its great purpose, but like everything else it to must evolve. This evolution produced Virtualization. Virtualization removed the bond between hardware and the server’s software. Allowing us to control how the power from your purchased hardware is used. Through virtualization CPU power, hard drive space, and memory modules are shared among the multiple servers and computers so that up to 85% of the processing power is being used at any given time.
According to IDC, the pace of adoption of virtual servers is incredibly rapid among organizations, with 35% of servers purchased in 2007 being virtualized and 52% of those bought in 2008 expected to be so. 54% of those are not using this new technology but are expected to do so in the next 18 months. Growth of virtualization as a strategy remains strong, rising from 46% of the base to 54%.
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Business intelligence |
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Enterprise applications (ERP, CRM and others) |
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Servers and storage technologies (virualization) |
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Legacy applications modernization |
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Collaberation technologies |
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Networking, voice and data communications |
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Technical infrastructure |
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Security technologies |
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Service-oriented applications and architecture |
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Document management |
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How To Survive
Presented with these very one-sided figures, today's business owners are pressed to consider not only the benefits of virtualization and cloud networking but the impact of not taking action towards this new technology. A real life comparison can be made when the first IT revolution took place in the 1980’s where companies chose not to upgrade type writers for computers and were left with ZERO chance to compete with the more tech-savvy businesses that made the upgrades at the opportune time.
In the virtual revolution, businesses which procrastinate will find themselves in a much grimmer scenario. Because the pace at which business moves and the rate at which change has recently taken place, the failure to swiftly comprehend and begin implementation of the virtual environment will ensure the collapse of countless businesses. Unable to match the price-point of their competitors, being ill-equipped to avoid disaster and investing blindly in infrastructure during unstable economic times are some examples of challenges to be faced by those who wait and procrastinate. In today's market, each dollar is being more cautiously spent. Not a single cent should be wasted. Now spending $3000 dollars on a server that will only use 20% of its processing power is a waste of 80% of the dollars spent to obtain that server.
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Reduce Your Cost of Ownership & Sky-Rocket Your ROI
The realty in business today is that both computers and servers are now a necessity, a requirement for any company to compete and succeed in today’s market. Now with a requirement like that it is no wonder that the costs of these servers and computers plus the software and support for them drive investments and cost of ownership through the roof. Through virtualization Planet Virtual consolidates multiple hardware points into one reducing the need to purchase and support multiple hardware platforms. This immediately drops purchase investments and reduces support costs. With Planet Virtual’s vStation solution, software and licensing has also been virtualized which again immediately eliminates the purchase investment and cost of ownership.
Disaster Recovery
Disaster Recovery has always been the ugly side of IT. It’s a process that takes time to plan considering it’s a costly process for something that might never be needed. Yet without a proper recovery plan an unavoidable disaster can shut down any company. A basic disaster recovery plan for a standard network requires the purchase of expensive hardware to manage the backups and media to back up to, creating an ongoing never ending expense you may not need. The entire backup process takes hours and the recovery process days. These tedious procedures are now a thing of the past. With virtualized backups, entire servers are backed up with their data intact, taking recovery time from a catastrophic crash from days to minutes. All without the need of additional hardware or the never ending expense of media.
Computing Power and Scalability
In order for any network to run smoothly a number of possibilities must be considered. A few examples of these conditions can include but are not limited to: The applications needed for success business activity, the number of users that will need to access these resources, remote & local access, the strength of the servers needed to successfully host the applications and user request. The amount of hardware that would need to be purchased must be able to support the demand created by the users. In the past this meant purchasing more hardware when the network was not up to par and executing intrusive upgrades causing network downtime.
The biggest benefit of virtualization is the fact that the bond between hardware and software has been broken and is now controlled by the system administrator. This allows for upgrades to happen in real time without ever having to open a physical server. We simply change a setting and your server now has 200GB of hard drive space instead of 100GB. Need more RAM? Again a simple change in settings and your server went from 4GB of ram to 8GB. Planet Virtual offers you all these benefits without you ever having to purchase a single piece of hardware!
Planet Virtual’s has teamed up with some of the US biggest companies like Dell to host one of South Florida’s most powerful virtual infrastructures. We also partnered with Microsoft to provide the latest and greatest software. We bundled these services along with our 24/7 unlimited IT support packages and created vStation Enterprise. vStation Enterprise consists of an entire network to run your business, safely stored with one of the nation’s most trusted data center providers. To find out just how much is included in a vStation Enterprise solution please check out our packages. For Pricing please email or call us today.
