Statistics show that utilization of average physical servers is around 3-5%! Average Windows servers these days cost about $5000-6000. Each server requires space, power and cooling. Let’s say that average server consumes around 300W of power and operates around the clock. Electricity costs for running one server are roughly $300 a year. And power is just one part of costs. Cooling can actually double the operational cost of one server. You should also add floor space and office rent bills to the previous calculation. Now simply multiply this number by the number of physical servers you have or plan to have. Sounds expensive, doesn’t it?
Whole system virtualization compresses your physical resources into virtual ones. You can install several virtual servers onto one physical server. This way you not only win floor space, save on cooling and power, but also utilize your physical server more efficiently creating better ROI. Deployment of new virtual servers would not mean purchasing new hardware, rather simply assigning disk space and install.
We offer virtualization solutions based on VMware products.
