Virtualisation

Processors have become smaller and more powerful and, with production costs at an all-time low, it has meant that more have been deployed in the last 5 years than at any other time in our history.

While this has meant that massive advances have been made in computing power, which has benefited the millions of organisations that use them, it has unfortunately come with a hidden price.

The realisation that data centres are at full capacity, server estates are incredibly expensive to run in man time and maintenance, and the paying for the huge amounts of power they consume is very expensive, has necessitated a period of consolidation and planning to ensure that computing needs can be scalable, cost effective and sustainable.

The simple reduction of equipment in quantity and in footprint can have an immediate effect.

TSG Enterprise offer solutions from world class vendors, which allow us to bring together all of the elements needed to help our customers achieve their consolidation and cost reduction goals.

Consolidate servers
It’s possible to reduce server number by a ratio of 15:1, eliminating server sprawl and cutting maintenance costs.

Dynamic allocation of servers
Dynamically allocate server resources for short, medium or long term periods without adding further servers to the IT estate.

Reduce energy consumption
Every server virtualised saves approx. 7000kWh of electricity annually, or about £600 in energy costs.

Increase IT capacity
Improve server utilisation rates from 5-15% to 60-80%. Running fewer, highly utilised servers frees up space and power.

Ease of management
Reduced sprawl and deployment, regains control and management of critical systems.

Reduce CO2 emissions
4 tons of CO2 are eliminated for every server virtualised, the equivalent to taking 15 cars off the road.

If you require further guidance on how a programme of Server Virtualisation can help your business realise benefits like these, you should contact TSG Enterprise Solutions - just click on the button below.