It Consultants Say Virtualization Is Not Only For The Big Guys

In the time since virtualization has become a relatively mainstream idea

, the 'sales pitches' for the concept have almost exclusively focused on big business. Virtualization's vital statistics for big business are certainly more impressive. Asian IT services and business network security experts can start counting savings in the thousands - immediately, plus ongoing cost savings in the realm of well over $2500 per year, in many instances.

Given that big businesses can have upwards of several hundred servers, and potential immediate savings running into the thousands per server, it isn't surprising that big business numbers are the ones that are quoted. But the lack of hype doesn't mean that virtualization can't have an equally big impact on small and medium enterprises, according to Asian communications solution experts.

The lack of an holistic plan for growth in the IT departments of small and medium businesses often creates cost inefficiencies. Buy the same token, having a narrow view of virtualization deployment in a small business can also create cost inefficiencies. There are several areas that small and medium businesses should pay attention to, and consult with network performance management and Asian network infrastructure experts to ensure that the best possible result is gained from a move to virtualization.

Server deployment and management

An expert's view can help predict which hardware will best suit the needs of the newly virtualized environment, and how that equipment will have an impact on power and cooling requirements. Also, while the number of physical servers and their associated costs are reduced, management of the servers will change - sometimes in volume, definitely in scope and type of management activities. Often, the same network performance management company that helps you set up the virtual environment can provide or refer the IT department for technology-specific training.

Storage costs

In a traditional environment, 80% of the cost of a data centre is taken up by the physical servers. While the cost volume is drastically decreased, in a virtual environment Asian network infrastructure specialists see that the majority of the financial burden will derive from storage. As organisations grow, an improperly designed storage plan will make costs increase. A place designed properly by Asian communications solution experts will actually cause storage costs to decrease over time.

Backups

While traditional backups may be possible on a virtualised machine, there is an enormous additional resource burden imposed on the entire set of virtual machines on the system. CPU is choked, and very often completing a traditional backup on a virtual machine is actually impossible. Small and medium businesses should have their data security team implement de-duplication backups. The volume of data being moved is minimal compared to ordinary backup methods.

These and other issues need to be addressed by small and medium businesses in the move to a virtualised environment - utilizing the services of experts is an invaluable benefit to the cot saving and flexibility exercise that is virtualization.

by: Gregory Smyth

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