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VMware Virtual Infrastructure
Adopting virtual infrastructure lets IT be responsive to business needs
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What is Virtual
Infrastructure?
Virtual infrastructure
provides a layer of abstraction between the computing, storage and
networking hardware, and the software that runs on it. Virtual
infrastructure simplifies IT so companies leverage their storage,
network, and computing resources to control costs and respond
faster. In a virtual infrastructure, users see resources as if they
were dedicated to them. The administrator manages and optimizes
resources globally across the enterprise.
Why is Virtual Infrastructure
Important?
VMware's virtual
infrastructure architecture enables business to lower IT cost
through increased efficiency, flexibility and responsiveness.
Managing a virtual infrastructure enables IT to connect resources to
business needs quickly. With virtual infrastructure, IT
organizations can provision new services and change the amount of
resources dedicated to a software service. Your data center can be
treated as a single pool of processing, storage and networking
power.
Adopting virtual infrastructure lets IT be responsive to
business needs:
- 60-80% utilization rates for Intel servers up from today's
5-15%
- Provisioning times for new applications measured in tens of
seconds, not days
- Response times for change requests measured in minutes
- Zero-downtime hardware maintenance without waiting for
maintenance windows
How Virtual Infrastructure
Works
The VMware virtual hardware
platform implemented by VMware's virtual machines makes virtual
infrastructure possible. It creates a uniform hardware image –
implemented in software – that operating systems and applications
run on. On top of this platform, VMware's family of products
provides management and provisioning of virtual machines, continuous
workload consolidation across physical servers and VMotion™
technology for virtual machine mobility.
With virtual infrastructure, IT organizations can
provision new services and change the amount of resources dedicated
to a software service. Hardware management is completely separated
from software management, and hardware equipment can be treated as a
single pool of processing, storage and networking power to be
allocated and de-allocated on the fly to various software services.
How Can VMware Help You?
VMware helps enterprises lower costs, respond faster
and deliver flexible and consistent IT .
Lower Costs
- You don't pay for what you don't need
- You get more out of your IT investment dollars
- Easier to separate the strategic IT investments from the
commodity IT functions
Respond faster to business demand
- Integration with partners and customers is easier
- Expansion or M&A activities can happen faster
- Resources can be deployed or moved quickly to the business
units that need them
Deliver IT that's more flexible and
consistent
- Leverages technologies you are already investing in: SAN, vLAN
- Gives you lower-cost platform options
- It lowers risk and increases responsiveness
To purchase,
evaluate or obtain more information about any VMware Virtual
Infrastructure products,
contact Five IT directly on +44 (0)845 123 2913 or email
sales@FiveIT.co.uk.
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