| Server Consolidation |
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Overview:
Uniting disparate front and back office processes and the proliferation of a new server with every new application are just some of the reasons most medium-to-large size companies have more server hardware than they need to adequately run their enterprise IT operations.
Underutilized servers on the network may not be a critical business flaw or a considerable factor in a company’s overall success or failure. They do represent a higher total cost of ownership (TCO) and many companies do not fully realize the informational or budgetary efficiencies that a lean and properly architected server environment can offer.
Server Consolidation is a restructuring of an organization's infrastructure for the purpose of reducing costs and improving control by optimizing the resource requirements. To conquer server sprawl, Computer World offers Server Consolidation Solution and Services that bring together applications, databases and services into fewer, more reliable servers and networked storage. Server consolidation has become a priority, as a recent study found that consolidation could reduce a company’s IT infrastructure costs by 10-20%. These cost savings can be attributed to the smaller footprint and floor space required reduced cooling, power, and maintenance costs as well as lower personnel and management expenses.
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Solution:
Dell has the right tools, products, and services to help address the key stages of consolidation (Logical, Physical, Workload, and Application). Dell's broad PowerEdge™ server family meets the needs for high performance, serviceability/manageability, and flexibility dictated by consolidation requirements and Dell's system management portfolio, which includes Dell's OpenManage™ system management software, enables centralized management and simplified operations.
The potential ROI Advantages from Server Consolidation: |
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Reduced hard costs - Fewer servers, software licenses, server locations and simplified server administration reduces overall IT costs. |
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Improved control and manageability of servers -
IT standardization helps administrators to better manage their server environment while ensuring high availability and security. |
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Improved service levels and efficiecy of operations -
Increased product reliability and performance enables higher skilled resources to focus on higher value tasks.
Dell simplifies the process of consolidating your server infrastructure based on industry best practices. Dell focuses on environments providing high potential return from consolidation- Microsoft Windows 2003 File/Print and Exchange 2003, SQL data base, server-based computing and web servers. |
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Key Stages of Consolidation: |
| Server Consolidation Types and Potential Benefits |
| Logical Consolidation |
Physical Consolidation |
Workload Consolidation |
Application Consolidation |
| * Simplified operations - common processes and standard systems management procedures |
* Co-location of multiple platforms at fewer locations |
* Implement more users on fewer platforms for same application |
* Combine mixed workloads on fewer platforms |
| * Fewer consoles |
* Fewer data centers |
* Fewer servers |
* Fewer servers |
- * Dell Systems Management
- Professional Services |
PLUS
- Dell PowerEdge Servers
- Server Blades |
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- Dell/EMC Storage |
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- VMware ® through Dell
- Windows System Resource Manager TM from Microsoft |
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