Eliminate Issues with Virtualization Platforms by Installing Virtualization Software to Maintain Operability of Management Systems

Companies are constantly struggling to keep their costs low while expanding their business and client base. Problems occur because it is hard to expand without spending more money promotion and extra staff. Trying to balance these two needs leads to bad decision making and, in the long run, do more harm than good.  What many companies fail to do is examine their infrastructure to find areas where they can save money that can be used in other ways.

In many cases the systems that companies rely on to manage their business cause struggles with efficiency. Multiple server environments do not create productive environments and are not an active way to save the company money. Multiple server environments can actually hold a company back from working to their fullest potential.

In a multiple server environment companies place their operating systems and applications on several different servers that must be maintained by IT administrators. Because the servers are separate from one another the IT admins must update, backup and maintain each server individually. These processes are time consuming and limit the admins ability to focus on other projects.

This setup also requires companies to purchase, maintain and house several servers at once. This is expensive. The cost is seen as necessary by companies using this configuration and can lead to funding shortages in other areas like expansion and development. These shortages can damage moral and lead to limited potential of the brand.

Funding cuts are not a true solution to this problem. They are a temporary fix that will undoubtedly need to be readdressed in the future as the same flawed system is used. To solve the problem once and for all many companies are adopting a virtualization infrastructure that solves the problems created by a multiple server environment.

Virtualization platforms let a company condense all their information, operating systems and applications on a single machine. This information can be accessed by different virtual computers that share the resources housed on the single server. This makes purchasing, maintaining and storing multiple servers an unnecessary practice because all of the information is in one place. IT admins can quickly deal with the chores that are necessary and focus their attention elsewhere.

Virtualization provides the same security that can be found in multiple server environments. Different operating systems and applications are stored in their own secure areas. If something were to go wrong in one area, the rest of the information would not be compromised.

To get the full value out of a virtualization system companies must protect their system from harm. I/O bandwidth bottlenecks from accelerated fragmentation, virtual machine competition for shared I/O resources not being prioritized properly across the platform and virtual disks set to dynamically grow not resizing when data is deleted are all issues that can occur on a virtualization system.

Protecting your system does not come at a huge cost or an incredible time commitment, all a company has to do is install virtualization software. Virtualization software like V-locity from Diskeeper Corporation can keep the problems associated with virtualization from ever happening. Acting as a virtual disk optimizer, V-locity delivers background optimization that will improve the functionality and operability of the infrastructure.

V-locity eliminates bottleneck issues by creating a fast and efficient computing platform for new consolidation and provisioning initiatives without needing to add additional hardware. The software also eliminates the competition for I/O resources by coordinating resource usage. It can also compact the virtual disk to prevent the virtual disk from "bloating," preventing IT admins from spending their time on trivial issues.

Companies will always feel pressure to maximize their profits but they don't have to practice the same habits that have gotten them to their current situation. Using a virtualization infrastructure and running virtualization software is a solution that helps the company in the present and helps them move towards the future.