Everyday companies make decisions based on the return
they will get on the investment and how the change is going to affect
their bottom line. Because it is important to make sure a company can be
profitable and efficient many companies have recently begun using
virtualization platforms to store their data. Using a virtualization
platform allows a company to operate more efficiently as well as save
money that they would have wasted running a multiple server environment.
Multiple server environments were the standard way for companies to
store their applications and operating systems for years. Each server
stored a single application or operating system and little else. This
caused a massive amount of space to be wasted on the servers in addition
to needless expenses. Each server costs money not only to purchase, but
to house, operate and maintain. The time spent by the IT administrators
backing up and archiving data alone could cost a company hours of
productivity and time that could be better spent elsewhere.
Virtualization platforms eliminate these problems. Companies can store
their applications and operating systems on a single server that
eliminates the wasted space and costs accumulated by multiple servers.
The data on the server can then be accessed by different virtual
machines that share the lone server’s resources. Each application and
operating system stays safe because they are stored in secure areas on
the server so that a problem in one area will not affect the rest of the
programs.
Virtualization platforms are not without their faults. There are several
obstacles that can occur to reduce performance on virtual platforms.
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 designed to
dynamically grow do not resize when data are deleted.
Avoiding these problems is easily done by installing a
virtual platform
disk optimizer on the virtualization platform. This software, like
V-locity, will protect the virtualization platform from succumbing to
these common problems and keep it running at optimal speeds for the
company while providing the greatest storage efficiency.
V-locity combines unique technologies to eliminate problems that cause
virtualization platform errors. It also goes above and beyond to protect
the platform from problems that a company may have become accustomed
to. With V-locity back up speeds are increased, resource conflicts are
greatly reduced, and disk space is increased. V-locity will also allow
the platform to boot faster and increase the life of the hardware that
is being used. Companies may not realize that their platform has started
to boot up slower or realize that this issue can be fixed but V-locity
takes care of it.
Ensuring the maximum return on investment is an important consideration
for any company when deciding to begin using a virtualization platform.
If the platform is left unprotected inefficiencies are bound to happen
and the benefits that a company expected to receive will be reduced.
V-locity virtual platform disk optimizer is the best way to protect the
platform from experiencing these issues and the only way to get maximum
I/O performance from your virtual machines.
