Virtualization & Consolidation

Data Center Virtualization & Consolidation

The principal objective of any organization today is to reduce the operating expenses of their IT infrastructure while maximizing computing power & resources. We provide data center virtualization & consolidation services to reduce the server & storage footprint in data center & transform a conventional data centers into Green data Centers. We critically examine the Data Center components & identify the opportunities for virtualization & consolidation to maximize Data Center’s efficiency by having a green perspective of computing environment. We use specific tools & technologies to analyze the existing environment so that our customers don’t waste unnecessary power for serving applications which are not in use.

We analyze the entire Data Center Environment so that it becomes clear that how we can operate it leaner and more efficiently. The way forward is to follow a green path where no processing cycle goes to waste. The result should allow, providing the same level of information from Data Center, but with significantly less environmental impact.

Data Center Consolidation Procedure

We follow the following broad steps for the Data Center Virtualization & consolidation for our customers:

Physical Consolidation / Densification – Reduce server count by migrating into fewer servers.
Data Consolidation – Migrate data from multiple sources into fewer repository.
Application Consolidation – Consolidate individual and loose applications into a tightly integrated ERP like solution e.g. SAP, Oracle Apps.
Virtualization – Migrate the running physical servers to virtualized environment, where ever feasible.

Our consultants will build an approach based on the customer requirement to build a road map for consolidation & achieve the project goals. It would address the following broad level areas

Analyze Business Processes

A complete inventory of the systems and components at the organization will be taken. The following will be vital in analyzing the business processes:

Identify the major business processes for each of the applications
Verify if these processes can be combined into one
Highlight business processes that cannot be supported by the standard application (standalone features) – adequate solutions need to be put in place for these

Streamline Backend & Support systems

The backend computing, storage, databases of applications, the UI screens and the reports would be rationalized. Interfaces to the external systems will also be identified to integrate within the consolidated systems.

Database Consolidation & Data Migration Strategy

It is necessary to build a system-wide view of all the databases. The objective would be to improve data quality through consolidation of dispersed data repositories. At this stage, the mapping of the data elements
It is necessary to build a system-wide view of all the databases. The objective would be to improve data quality through consolidation of dispersed data repositories. At this stage, the mapping of the data elements between the various source databases and the target database will be drawn.

Physical Consolidation

Physical consolidation, where based on the utilization of the resources, servers will be consolidated to lesser number of servers. The activities will be to.