Save Money With Data Center Virtualization And Vmware Vsphere 4.1

VMware vSphere is the most trusted and reliable data center virtualization software in the industry. It provides the best levels of responsiveness and control , which are required by the most demanding data centers throughout the world.

VMware vSphere will help you to save money and provide you more control over your computing system . You will be able to free up your IT staff and can use just about any server hardware, operating system, and applications you like.

New features of vSphere 4.1:

vCompute

* Memory Compression -Lessens memory contention and improves application performance.

* DRS Host Affinity – Set policies when using Dynamic Resource Scheduling to preferentially keep an application residing on a specific server.

vStorage

* Storage I/O Control-Set storage quality of service preferences for each virtual machine to prioritize availability of storage resources.

* Array Integration-use new storage protocols between vSphere and storage arrays for quicker Storage vMotion events and virtual machine provisioning.

vNetwork

* Network I/O Control-Set network quality-of-service preferences per flow type for prioritized access to network resources.

Scalability

* More virtual servers per cluster: 3,000.

* More physical machines per vCenter Server instance: 1,000.

* More virtual servers per vCenter Server instance: 10,000 powered on:15,000 registered.

Availability

* VMware vMotion – Enhancements to vMotion create faster response and availability enabling up to eight vMotion migration events in parallel.

Security

* Active Directory integration-Single sign-on feature for user authentication at the vSphere host for centralized user control. Easily assign privileges to users or groups and deploy out permission rules across hosts.

VMware server virtualization software can help you to make the most of your IT assets. It can help to reduce the capital expenditure of the data center by as much as 60%! Reductions in real estate, cooling, and power usage can help you to reduce energy costs by as much as 80%!

If you are not already using server virtualization with shared storage, you should know that it can significantly cut costs. A good way to start is to have a server consolidation review completed which will give you an idea of what types of capital and operational cost reductions you can obtain with a server virtualization upgrade.

Find out more regarding the benefits of server virtualization best practices as well as full datacenter virtualization from your local IT reseller, who can also help you with the upgrade.