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As both a preferred IBM and VMware
partner, I.R.I.S. ICT can help you with your virtualization projects. With the
combination of an enterprise product like VMware Infrastructure 3 and IBM
hardware we can help to improve your server utilization, productivity and
simplify system resource allocation with hardware and software designed for
virtualization.
VMware software can virtualize
servers, storage and networking, allowing multiple unmodified operating systems
and their applications to run independently in virtual machines while sharing
physical resources.
IBM System x servers and
BladeCenter systems built on IBM X-architecture technology deliver adaptive
performance, simple modularity, efficient power and cooling and proactive
management capabilities, making them ideal platforms for virtualization.
With highly reliable and flexible
System x servers, the IBM BladeCenter and System Storage offerings running
VMware software, applications and services may be deployed in highly secure and
portable virtual machines, which can be provisioned, consolidated and managed
centrally, simplifying the IT infrastructure and driving down the total cost of
ownership.
Advantages
Today’s IT intensive enterprise must always be on the lookout for
the latest technologies that allow businesses to run with fewer
resources while providing the infrastructure to meet today and future
customer needs. Virtualization utilizing Intel Virtualization
Technology is the cutting edge of enterprise information technology.
Intel is closely working with VMware, XENSource, Jaluna, Parallels,
tenAsys, VirtualIron, RedHat, Novell and other VMM developers.
- Server Consolidation: It is not unusual to achieve 10:1 virtual to physical machine
consolidation. This means that ten server applications can be run on a
single machine that had required as many physical computers to provide
the unique operating system and technical specification environments in
order to operate. Server utilization is optimized and legacy software
can maintain old OS configurations while new applications are running
in VMs with updated platforms. Although a server supporting many VMs will probably have more
memory, CPUs, and other hardware it will use little or no more power
and occupy the same physical space reducing utilities costs and real
estate expenditures.
- Testing and development: Use of a VM enables rapid deployment by isolating the application in
a known and controlled environment. Unknown factors such as mixed
libraries caused by numerous installs can be eliminated. Severe crashes
that required hours of reinstallation now take moments by simply
copying a virtual image.
- Dynamic Load Balancing and Disaster Recovery: As server workloads vary, virtualization provides the ability for
virtual machines that are over utilizing the resources of a server to
be moved to underutilized servers. This dynamic load balancing creates
efficient utilization of server resources. Disaster recovery is a critical component for IT, as system crashes
can create huge economic losses. Virtualization technology enables a
virtual image on a machine to be instantly re-imaged on another server
if a machine failure occurs.
- Improved System Reliability and Security: Virtualization of systems helps prevent system crashes due to memory
corruption caused by software like device drivers. VT-d for Directed
I/O Architecture provides methods to better control system devices by
defining the architecture for DMA and interrupt remapping to ensure
improved isolation of I/O resources for greater reliability, security,
and availability.
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