MIS 2501 Virtualization Flash Research Paper
Michael Blum
Virtualization Flash Paper
Our company has the opportunity to make a net benefit of $9.2 million over the next three years by investing in virtualization to consolidate our physical servers to run as virtual servers. Virtualization is the creation of a virtual version of an operating system or server. The switch to virtual servers will make server management much simpler and security management better.
Operating system virtualization involves the use of software that allows a single piece of hardware to run on multiple systems at one time. This allows administrators to cut back on paying for more expensive processing power. The benefits of server consolidation include better security and higher service levels. By investing in virtualization, 80% of our servers can run as virtual servers and, on average, can consolidate 10 physical servers onto 1 virtual server.
If we choose to invest in server consolidation, it will have a three-year cost of $4.8 million involving maintenance, technical support, heating, and cooling. If we invest in this method, it will have a three year benefit of $14 million due to cost avoidance involving maintenance, technical support, heating, and cooling. Over the next three years, the net benefit of investing in virtualization to consolidate server workloads will be $9.2 million.
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