The number of companies using virtualization platforms
has risen dramatically in the last few years. The increase in popularity
stems from companies seeking more efficient ways to manage their IT
network and reduce the costs of operations. When companies switch to
virtualization platforms they realize numerous advantages over multiple
server environments.
Multiple server environments are the old standard for storing
information. Each application and operating system would be stored on
its own dedicated server that held little, if any, other information.
Spreading the information around in this way creates a vast amount of
wasted space on the server that is not going to be used again. At the
same time it severely hinders the ability of IT administrators to focus
their attention on anything but upkeep and maintenance on the multiple
machines.
A virtualization platform allows companies to condense all of their
operating systems and applications onto a single server. This allows
them use the maximum amount of space on the server while still accessing
the information using different virtual machines that share the single
server’s resources. Storage space is maximized and IT administrators are
freed from having to care for multiple machines.
There are several problems that can occur after switching to a
virtualization platform that will prevent it from operating at maximum
efficiency. I/O bandwidth bottlenecks faster due to accelerated
fragmentation, virtual machine competition for shared I/O resources is
not prioritized effectively across the platform and virtual disks that
are set to dynamically grow do not resize when data are deleted. When
these problems occur it is difficult for the computers to maintain speed
and reliability.
Avoiding these problems is important and it can be done quickly and
without a great investment by installing a
virtual platform disk optimizer. A
virtual disk optimizer like V-locity from
Diskeeper Corporation makes
sure that the platform runs as fast as possible and performs up to the
highest standards.
Using a unique combination of technologies V-locity is the best way to
achieve maximum performance on a virtualization platform. IntelliWrite®
Technology lets the computer write much larger sequential disk I/Os from
Windows virtual machines and helps create less work for the
copy-on-write technology that copies/tracks ever write. With
InvisiTasking® Technology V-locity is guaranteed to operate in the
background of the platform and avoid cutting across the production needs
of other virtual machines.
Some companies run virtual platforms that use special virtual disk
types. V-locity features Virtual Disk Intelligence that that identifies
the special disk type and works specifically with that disk to maximize
the highest performance possible. For companies that use Thin/Dynamic
disks that are set to dynamically grow V-locity uses Virtual Disk
compaction to provide an easy way to compact the wasted free space that
accumulates when the disks do not shrink after data are deleted.
Using a virtualization platform is the best way to eliminate IT network
inefficiencies and receive the best performance from your business
management system. Eliminating wasted time and space pays off in ways
that are impossible to achieve using multiple server environments. To
get the maximum I/O performance from the virtual machines it is
important to install V-locity virtual platform disk optimizer.
