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Data center virtualization offers a host of efficiency gains for IT infrastructure, including cost savings, scalability and disaster recovery capabilities. To maximize these advantages, IT teams must implement best practices and utilize carefully selected tools. This collection of whitepapers on IT infrastructure focus on the essential elements required to create and manage a modern, virtual data center that is highly available as well as flexible and secure.
Virtualization allows multiple virtual machines to run on a single physical hardware. This reduces the number of servers needed. This reduces the amount of equipment required, which leads to savings in cooling, hardware and power costs and maintenance costs. This also allows for better utilization of assets, which can be a huge benefit for companies that want to reduce their environmental impact. VMs can also be separated from each in order that a failure in one VM will not affect other VMs or the hardware used in the underlying. This gives a degree of security for sensitive information. Additionally, scalability is enabled, as adding or deleting VMs can be done quickly without requiring the purchase of new hardware. This enables companies to respond to shifting demands for workloads quickly and swiftly adapt to a changing technology landscape.
