Virtualization

Many companies make a significant investment in software and communications technology. Over time this environment becomes complex, diverse, and increasingly challenging to manage. Existing infrastructure is not always sufficiently equipped to handle the expansion. Organizations can be left with too little space because of larger server farms, unsatisfactory network performance, and a lack of flexibility in existing infrastructure.

Virtualization is a software abstraction layer that decouples the physical hardware from the operating system (OS) to deliver greater IT resource utilization and flexibility. Virtual Infrastructure enables the creation of multiple secure virtual machines on one physical machine. Each virtual machine has its own set of virtual hardware (e.g RAM, CPU, NIC, etc.) upon which an operating system and applications are loaded. The OS (operating system) sees a consistent, normalized set of hardware regardless of the actual physical hardware components. Virtualization is a form of partitioning that allows multiple virtual machines, with heterogeneous operating systems (operating syto run in isolation, side by side on the same physical machine. Virtual machines are encapsulated into files, making it possible to rapidly save, copy, and provision a virtual machine. Full systems (Fully configured applications, operating systems, BIOS, and virtual hardware) can now be moved, within seconds, from one physical server to another for zero-downtime maintenance and continuous workload consolidation.

Let Computek show you how this exciting new technology can help you build a consolidated system to enable support for current demands with potential for expansion as your business grows. We can also show you how to allow your IT administrators to manage multiple servers from a single point, and dynamically allocate system resources to achieve maximum utilization. A streamlined process will save you time and money.