A study conducted by Symantec has found that server virtualization is spreading to businesses around the world. The reports states, with more than three-quarters of large businesses reporting, that they either have implemented the strategy or are in the process of adopting some aspects of it. Included in the findings are hybrid cloud computing as a virtualization strategy.
The report also reveals that companies are moving ahead with virtualization plans in a cautious manner because they want to make sure that there is little or no disruption in their operations. However there are loss of data concerns and companies are adopting strategies slowly while they become more comfortable in the new technology and commit to its capacity to deliver a robust business-computing environment.
While the demand for IT processing grows, data centers are sprawling out of control. With each new server you use you incur additional acquisition costs, increase your power and cooling costs, and valuable Real Estate is given up in the process. Even with that, the typical data center server runs at only about 15 percent utilization. By allowing server virtualization to consolidate your servers you can slow the sprawl, reduce costs, improve utilization and help regain control of your IT.
According to Symantec the rewards of server virtualization are too good to ignore:
By decoupling your server workloads from your server hardware — by virtualizing your servers — you can move multiple workloads onto fewer, more powerful servers. You can retire unneeded server hardware and gain immense advantages in flexibility, scalability and data center automation.
As we have entered the era of the cloud, server virtualization seems like the next step. Have you considered this option yet? We’d like to hear what you think about it.
More information about the server virtualization can be found here
