Data center virtualization can provide many efficiency gains for IT infrastructure, including cost savings, scalability and disaster recovery capabilities. To maximize the benefits, IT departments must use carefully chosen tools and implement best practices. This collection of IT-infra whitepapers focuses on the key components required to build and manage a modern, virtual data center that is highly accessible and scalable. It is also secure and flexible.
Virtualization allows multiple virtual machines to run on the same physical hardware. This reduces the number of servers needed. This decrease in equipment leads to cost savings for equipment, power and cooling and also lower maintenance costs. This also allows for better utilization of existing assets which is an important benefit for companies that want to be greener in their IT infrastructure. Furthermore, VMs are segregated from each other, which means that the failure of one VM does not affect other VMs or the hardware behind it which is a source of security for sensitive data. Finally, scalability is enabled which means that adding or deleting VMs can be accomplished quickly without the need for new hardware. This allows businesses to adjust to changing workload demands and to a dynamic technological landscape easily.