For many years companies have relied on multiple server
environments to store the operating systems and applications that are
essential to their business. For a long time this was the only way for a
company to secure itself against a virus or other problem but multiple
server environments also come with significant drawbacks. Overhead costs
are enormous for multiple servers and IT network efficiency suffers
significantly. Recently companies have been switching to virtualization
platforms to reduce costs, increase efficiency and operate more
efficiently.
Multiple server environments required that each operating system and
application was placed on its own dedicated server. Generally servers
would only hold these programs and only used a small fraction of its
storage capacity. This wasted space was magnified by the number of
servers that a company would use and increase fixed costs. Wasted space,
storage, and maintenance all increased the expenses associated with
multiple server environments but this setup also limited the time that
IT administrators could spend helping the company. Each server had to be
serviced individually and would use a large portion of an IT admin's
day.
Switching to a virtualization platform allows a company to condense
their operating systems and applications on to a single server that can
be accessed by different virtual machines. Information on this server is
then stored in separate secure areas to provide a company with the same
security they received in a multiple server environment. Using a single
server to hold information allows a company to significantly reduce the
costs associated with each server and also frees the IT admins to focus
on more important problems within the company.
Once a company has switched to a virtualization platform it is important
that they protect the platform from obstacles that reduce 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 set to dynamically
grow do not resize after data are deleted.
To get past these obstacles a company needs to install a virtual
platform disk optimizer like
V-locity on their virtualization platform.
Using a unique blend of technology to eliminate resource conflicts
V-locity provides the maximum efficiency for any company's virtual
machines. V-locity works invisibly to take care of I/O conflicts and
also create improved efficiency and speed with faster backup speeds,
quicker migration, no more bloated disks and fast boot time. These
benefits, combined with the longer lifespan of healthy hardware, allow
companies to realize the maximum benefits of their virtualization
platform.
A virtualization platform improves a company's bottom line by
significantly reducing the overhead costs associated with operating
multiple servers. Only needing a single server reduces purchasing costs,
housing costs and maintenance costs while giving IT admins fewer
mundane tasks and allowing them to focus on their goals. To protect
these benefits a company must install a
virtual platform disk optimizer
and V-locity is the only way to guarantee maximum I/O performance on
virtual machines.
