Server Consolidation
Server consolidation can have a positive impact on business results. It is broader than just physically combining assets. It involves the reduction in the number of servers and/or storage devices in use within an organisation by centralising many applications or components onto fewer servers and/or storage devices. The objective is to reduce costs, increase the efficiency of system management, improve security control, and maximise resource utilisation.
We have proven expertise in consolidation by way of utilising IBM's Advanced Power Virtualisation (APV) feature. This is an IBM System p offering boosting overall system flexibility that can reallocate systems resources to where they are needed and tap into additional resources on demand.
Specifically, System p products and APV can help clients realise the following benefits:
- Can help lower the cost of existing infrastructure by up to 72%
(IBM figures). - Can increase business flexibility and reduce the complexity enabling you to grow your infrastructure.
- Can assist with reducing energy consumption.
- Deployed in production by a significant number of System p clients.
Additional information is available at:
http://www.ibm.com/systems/p/apv/index.html