Virtualisation

Safeguarding the future environment has become a vital global issue and, as a consequence, virtualisation technologies are taking on a greater importance in businesses. In addition, virtualisation can reduce the cost of licenses, hardware and power.

• A Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Enterprise license permits you to virtualise four more instances of the operating system on the same hardware. This reduces the number of operating system licenses your business needs to purchase and…
• As all the virtual instances run on the same hardware you can buy fewer servers which reduces your investment in hardware and…
• Reduces your power consumption, minimising your energy costs.

A number of virtualisation solutions are available at very little or no expense. VMware ESXi is a free ‘bare-metal hypervisor’ installable on a USB memory drive allowing you to utilise 100% of your disk space for virtual machines. Together with Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2, this provides small to medium businesses with a cost-effective and green infrastructure.

For more information on how virtualisation can save your business money email enquiries@saphite.com.