I think that all the required technology is already in place to support in-flight upgrades. Here are some examples of what I mean: Air Travel You board an airplane. Three minutes before the plane pushes away from the gate, a computerized announcement airs: “There are four unsold seats in first class. Bidding for these seats [...]
Conclusion While server virtualization is not a cure-all, and a properly implemented server virtualization solution may require new hardware, many small and medium size businesses can simplifiy day-to-day operations and increase efficiency by using server virtualization in their infrastructure. In addition, server virtualization makes it easier to manage changes like unexpected server failure and migration [...]
Disaster Recovery The real test of a disaster recovery plan happens after disaster strikes and you need to recover your servers. The more quickly and effectively this can be done, the more quickly you can resume business. Server virtualization offers some unique disaster recovery benefits. You can back up a running virtual machine the [...]
Greater Flexibility Recent developments in the server virtualization world allow even greater flexibility when you have several servers hosting virtual servers. You can use Live Migration to move a running operating system from one host server to another. With Microsoft’s Hyper-V product, you get this feature essentially for free. If you use VMWare’s product, this [...]
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 [...]
