Why Virtualize ?

Why Virtualize ?

• Reduce costs by increasing energy efficiency and requiring less hardware with server consolidation.
• Build up business continuity through improved disaster recovery solutions and deliver high availability throughout the datacenter with VMware Site Recovery Manager.
• Virtualize enterprise apps, including Oracle, Exchange, SQL Server, Sharepoint and SAP, and deliver the highest SLAs and top performance.
• Use policy-based automation and ensure compliance and performance with a zero-touch infrastructure using the vCenter Product Family for virtualization management
• Idle Resources are not wasted.

Examples of virtualization scenarios:

• Running one or more applications that are not supported by the host OS: A virtual machine running the required guest OS could allow the desired applications to be run, without altering the host OS.
• Evaluating an alternate operating system: The new OS could be run within a VM, without altering the host OS.
• Server virtualization: Multiple virtual servers could be run on a single physical server, in order to more fully utilize the hardware resources of the physical server.
• Duplicating specific environments: A virtual machine could, depending on the virtualization software used, be duplicated and installed on multiple hosts, or restored to a previously backed-up system state.
• Creating a protected environment: if a guest OS running on a VM becomes damaged in a way that is difficult to repair, such as may occur when studying malware or installing badly behaved software, the VM may simply be discarded without harm to the host system, and a clean copy used next time.