Server virtualization  is nothing new in the world of IT. It has actually been around since the days of IBM. Companies such as IBM and VMware brought virtualization into mainstream computing.

Before server virtualization, you had physical data sprawl where you needed a server for every third-party software application. It seemed as if every vendor wanted their own server. As time progressed, a company had too many underutilized servers running applications. This was very costly to a company for several reasons. You need to power and cool these servers as well as maintain the licensing and replace failing parts. You needed an appropriate IT staff to take care of your equipment which cost money as well.

Executives began looking very closely and realized servers that are only being utilized 10 percent of 100 was a waste of money. This is where the birth of server virtualization came to pass.

Once the economic slowdown hit, data center audits started happening at an alarming rate and Directors realized they could reduce 25 percent or more of their servers and leverage Microsoft Hyper-V or VMware’s vsphere or ESX to consolidate servers. Additionally, leased servers could be released in lieu of server virtualization.

This consolidation of servers allowed companies to save lots of money as well as move legacy applications to dedicated servers. For example, if you had 5 servers running legacy accounting software or other such applicable business software, but it only worked on a specific version of Windows such as Windows NT 4.0, you could migrate them off old servers and into virtual environments and finally retire those old servers.

Server virtualization has transformed the IT industry today to allow for birth of agile development and continuous delivery and continuous deployment. You can utilize a server more today than every before.

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Server virtualization has become an important money-saving option for companies that don’t want the burden of running their own server. In fact, virtualization may become as ubiquitous as the cloud and big data are becoming in the workplace. As with cloud and big data, some businesses may not be aware of just how tremendous the benefits are in virtualizing a server. It can cover you in the realms of saving money, plus providing better security for everything in your database.

The Ability to Divide Up Your Server into Categories

Because you’re running virtual servers, you can essentially have multiple servers running at once. This can enable you to divide up database applications into specific categories. By doing that, you can save significant server space and ultimately save money in the long run. That’s because you’re not using the tremendous power necessary to keep up a large server. It’s a level of consolidation that can bring supreme organization and eliminate worry about having your entire database running on one server.

With server issues being a frequent IT problem in many companies, server virtualization is basically the equivalent of server cloning and providing each one with more reliability.

Providing a Better Backup System

Virtual servers are essentially copies of one initial server, so you can back up your entire database multiple times. It’s a procedure not every business knows enough about and can provide a very convenient backup recovery system. As part of a business continuity plan, using virtualization may become a mainstream process.

In addition, if one server fails, the virtual copies are there to back it up immediately. With that, the word “downtime” may never have to exist again. Uptime will be consistent and with businesses running continually without even a hiccup.

The Ability to Move the Server from One Place to Another

Thanks to being virtual, the server works like a piece of software that can be moved from one machine to another. You can even move a virtual server to the cloud if you so choose for additional security. When moving the virtual server to another computer, though, be sure to check if the processor is from the same manufacturer as on the prior computer. For the most part, this isn’t going to be a problem and means accessing an entire server virtually anywhere in the world once stored in the cloud.

If you want to incorporate server virtualization into your business (or any other type of virtualization for your systems), visit us here at AE Technology Group. We’re a leading IT firm that provides nearly everything you need from IT consulting to disaster recovery.

Contact us and we’ll further explain how virtualization works and how much it can benefit your company. We represent Long Island, New York and place our focus on how businesses work as well as employing the latest IT technology.