The buzz around data centers in the last few years has centered on virtualization -- virtual servers saving real space, reducing real heat -- and easing the costs of real hardware expenditures. That is enough to make IT managers pay attention. However, it can lead you right back to an environment full of increased complexity defeating the purpose of deploying virtualization in the first place. Learning how to manage the virtual environment requires some investigation.
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Virtualization is a hot topic in the data center, maybe too hot. While the economic gains from virtualization can be substantial -- a reduction of infrastructure costs, along with associated energy and space savings -- the risks can’t be ignored.
Server virtualization and data storage capacity optimization are high on the wish list of most CIOs. Each technology enables IT operations to do more with their existing IT infrastructures. But can these technologies be combined to bring even more value to an organization? In the case of VMware and data de-duplication there is an ideal fit.
When The New York Times wanted to convert a century and a half worth of its newspaper archives into PDFs for online distribution, it needed considerable computing power from its data center. But, because it was a one time job, a capital investment in equipment for its data center hardly made sense. Instead, the newspaper simply bought as much computing power as it needed from Amazon’s computing cloud for the one time job at hand.
