VMWare Server Solutions

Modern server systems are extremely powerful and flexible which gives significant advantages to businesses of all sizes. However, this flexibility can mean a business server being a ‘jack of all trades’ that is running many different services which can be a performance drain and security issue.

A better scenario is to have multiple servers each running fewer services. However there are cost implications and administrative burdens which could make this less appealing particularly for companies with limited IT staff.

The ideal solution would be the ability to use your hardware in a different way – either a single server or many can be used to run as many ‘virtual’ software servers as you require. Each virtual server would be independent of the others and can be dynamically reassigned to and from the real servers as circumstances dictate.

This has many advantages over the two traditional methods of running servers and is growing fast within businesses of all sizes.

Key features & Benefits

Server Consolidation

A typical server uses less than 20% of it’s processing power and less than 50% of it’s RAM at any one time. VMWare will allow you to run as many virtual servers as you require – each virtual server will believe it is running completely normally. This will get maximum performance from existing infrastructure while allowing you to expand your server base in a measured way.

Increased server performance

VMWare can dynamically spread virtual servers across your servers to take advantage of processors, memory and resources. It is also possible to guarantee a base level of performance for critical applications.

Guarantee server reliability

By separating server hardware from software hardware failures no longer shut your business down. Mission critical server applications will be dynamically moved to alternative hardware as required. Crashed software servers can be rebooted as required and corrupted sessions can be automatically recalled from backups with the minimum of disruption.

Scalability allows easy growth

By dynamically allocating software servers VMWare can take advantage of new servers as and when you need to replace your existing hardware. By ‘promoting’ a new server it’s resources are automatically available to your business instantly giving more processor speed and RAM. Your older servers can be kept running to maintain redundancy or can be quickly and easily decommissioned without disrupting your business.