Technology has begun advancing so rapidly that it is
difficult to keep up with the constant changes and nuances. The most
successful companies are able to adapt and recognize that they cannot
move forward as a business while using the same outdated processes that
they’ve been using for the past decade. Instead of resisting change
successful companies embrace new technology, gaining a position at the
front of the industry and showing their customer and clients that they
are able to keep up with an ever changing environment.
Sometimes technological advancements can produce incredible benefits for
a company, revolutionizing their business by improving efficiency,
productivity, resource management and cutting costs. These effects are
often tied to a company moving from a multiple server environment to use
a virtualization infrastructure to manage their business operations.
Virutalization platforms are now one of the most effective ways for a
business to survive the current economic slump and actually grow their
business. This is possible because switching virtualization allows the
company to actually save money by eliminating waste and encouraging
efficiency. Virtualization frees IT administrators to focus on
innovation and moving the company forward.
The free time IT administrators gain with a virtualization
infrastructure is just not available in a multiple server environment
that requires constant attention. In multiple server environments
information is spread across multiple servers that host a single
operating system or application. The distribution of information across
different machines makes it difficult for IT admins to perform the
proper upkeep but also wastes a good amount of money. The servers waste a
significant amount of space by using only a fraction of their capacity
to store an operating system or application. The remaining space goes
unused. Additionally housing and adding servers only add to the overall
costs.
Multiple server environments were born out of a need to protect the data
that companies stored. If a problem arose on one server the others
would be largely unaffected and the operating systems and applications
could still be used. The idea came out of the necessity to protect the
company’s assets but IT admins quickly found that the majority of their
time became devoted to maintaining the machines and could not spend time
streamlining company processes. The IT departments were more or less
spending their time housekeeping instead of building newer houses.
Virtualization platforms have made it possible for IT admins to quickly
and easily carry out the basic housekeeping tasks like updates, backups,
archiving and recovery that used to absorb most of their day.
Virtualization allows a company to consolidate all of their information
on a single server and allowing different virtual computers to access
the information. A company’s operating systems and applications are all
housed in the same space.
Putting all of the information in the same place eliminates the need for
multiple servers and the maintenance associated with continual upkeep
to the machines. Companies may still be worried about their information
all being on the same server but virtualization takes care of it. The
operating systems and applications are stored on one physical machine
but they are secured in their own space. This means that a problem with
any information is locally contained and isolated and won’t affect the
other information.
IT admins rave about the benefits of virtualization platforms and how
they are freed to devote time to larger issues when compared to a
multiple server environment. That is not to say that virtualization is
without problems. Most commonly I/O bandwidth bottlenecks fast due to
accelerated fragmentation on virtual platforms, virtual machine
competition for shared I/O resources not effectively being prioritized
across the platform, and virtual disks set to dynamically grow do not
resize when data is deleted resulting in free space being wasted can
cause the platform to slow down and require additional attention.
Because these are common issues with the technology the
Diskeeper
Corporation has developed V-locity virtualization software as a
solution. V-locity acts as a virtual disk optimizer to deliver invisible
background optimization. Nothing can deliver the protection of a
virtualization platform like
virtualization software and V-locity is the
top of the line. The virtualization software eliminates the bottleneck
issue by creating a faster and more efficient computing platform for new
consolidation and provisioning initiatives without the need to add
additional hardware. V-locity also eliminates competition for shared I/O
resources by coordinating resource usage and solves the virtual disk
“bloat” by compacting the virtual disk, preventing waste and allowing IT
admins to better manage their resources.
Adapting to advancing technology is a critical step for companies that
want to place themselves at the top of their industry, grow operations
and increase profits. Virtualization is an internal advancement that can
put a company ahead of competitors but must be properly maintained. The
best way to maintain a virtualization platform is simply to install
virtualization software.
