For a company to achieve maximum productivity it must
find a way to limit expenses while still operating as efficiently as
possible. For many years companies had to find ways to do this while
using multiple server environments. Multiple server environments create
large amounts of waste because of the way that they have to be set up.
Companies using virtualization platforms can avoid the inefficiencies
created by multiple server environments to increase efficiency and
reduce costs.
When companies use multiple server environments they place each
individual operating system and application on a dedicated server. Each
operating system and application requires a company to purchase a
server, keep it running, maintain it and have a place to put it. These
costs add up and as the number of servers increases so does the overall
cost to the company.
In addition multiple server environments create wasted space. Because
each server is only used to hold one application or operating system
there is often a large amount of free space that goes unused. This
unused space is aggregated across the servers leaving the company paying
for something it does not use. This is an inefficient use of funds and a
waste of money.
Virtualization platforms provide companies with the ability to get the
most out of what they are paying for. On a virtual platform applications
and operating systems are all stored on a single virtual server that
can be accessed by different virtual machines. Because each operating
system and application is kept in a dedicated secure area the level of
security on a virtualization platform is the same as in a multiple
server environment.
Like any technology there are problems that can arise on virtualization
platforms that can drain performance and cause efficiency levels to
decline. A platform can experience I/O resource conflicts from
competition for shared resources, I/O bandwidth bottlenecks and wasted
space due to dynamic disks not shrinking when data are deleted. These
problems can be avoided by installing a
virtualization platform disk
optimizer.
A virtualization platform disk optimizer like V-locity 3 is designed to
protect a virtual platform from all of the problems that will sap
performance. V-locity 3 uses a unique combination of technologies to
ensure that these problems will not arise. It protects all VMware
ESX/ESXi and Microsoft Hyper-v hypervisor virtual platforms and creates
optimal operating conditions.
Using IntelliWrite® technology
V-locity 3 prevents most fragmentation
before it can happen to keep the system running quickly and smoothly.
V-Aware™ detects external resource usage from other virtual machines and
eliminates resource contention that can otherwise exist on the Host
Server. CogniSAN technology allows V-locity 3 to detect external storage
usage on a shared storage system and perform optimization transparently
to not compete with other virtual machines.
Special Virtual Disk Auto Detection gives each V-locity Guest the
ability to conform its optimization settings to the type of virtual disk
that the machine is using. Automatic Zeroing of Free space zeroes out
unused data blocks on virtual disks to make virtual disk compaction
easy. Storage migration can reclaim unused free space to improve VM
density and energy efficiency.
Virtualization platforms are an incredible benefit to any company that
is currently wasting their time and money using a multiple server
environment to run their business management system. Too receive the
full benefit it is important that a company take the proper steps to
ensure their virtual platforms health. With V-locity 3 virtualization
platform disk optimizer companies can be assured that they are getting
the best possible protection.
