Server Virtualization and the SMB (part 2)
March 6th, 2009 by
philip | 
Increase Hardware Utilization
Even in smaller business environments, multiple servers are commonly used to run the organizations application workload. Often these servers are under-utilized. While this spare capacity allows for future growth and spikes in utilization, it also represents wasted money spent on the initial purchase of the server as well as the electrical cost to run a mostly-idle server.
By running several server operating systems on a single physical server, you can better utilize the power of that single server while still leaving room for future growth and spikes in utilization. The number of operating systems that you choose to run on a single server depends on business requirements and hardware availability.
