Key Benefits of VMware Solutions for Virtual Infrastructure Management
Extend Server Virtualization to the Production Environment
While virtualization reduces the amount of hardware in the data center, organizations still need tools and solutions for managing workloads as virtual machines. Most vendors offer only single-point solutions for server virtualization that do not offer the management capabilities, scalability, performance or cross-platform compatibility that is necessary for running virtual machines in a production environment.
In contrast, VMware gives you the power to manage an entire virtual infrastructure. VMware works closely with industry standards organizations and our technology partners to ensure seamless interoperation through open interfaces and standards-based technologies. As a result, more than 85% of our customers use VMware virtual machines in production environments to run a wide range of business-critical data center applications.
Manage Heterogeneous Systems from a Single Point of Control
VMware Infrastructure unifies the management of heterogeneous x86-based operating systems by placing them onto a single virtual hardware platform that spans the entire data center. This innovative approach simplifies the effort of maintaining an environment that contains a mix of Windows, Linux, and Netware systems.
VMware Infrastructure also gives you the ability to monitor and analyze virtual machines, resource pools and server utilization and availability with detailed performance graphs. Performance metrics can be defined with several levels of granularity and can be viewed in real time, or across a specified time interval, giving you the visibility you need to maintain high levels of service across your virtual infrastructure.
Accelerate Provisioning Time by 50% - 70%
VMware technology makes it fast and simple to provision new server workloads using virtual machine templates. These templates are reusable images that you can use to increase efficiency by eliminating many repetitive installation and configuration tasks. When coupled with the hardware independence afforded by virtualization, virtual machine templates make it possible to reduce the time it takes to deploy new IT services by as much as 50% - 70%.
Deploying from templates also helps to enforce corporate standards such as anti-virus and management software in any machine connected to the network. VMware Infrastructure has the ability to keep templates current with OS and application updates, so the templates you create will have more lasting value.
Establish a Shared Virtual Infrastructure with Resource Pools
VMware resource pools provide you with a logical, flexible way to divide your virtual infrastructure assets and allocate them to specific groups or individuals within your organization.
Each resource pool can encapsulate a single ESX host, a group of server hosts or even a server cluster a singular IT resource. Resource pools can be nested and organized hierarchically so that the IT environment matches company organization.
By harnessing these and other unique capabilities made possible with resource pools, you can guarantee highly customized levels of service for individual business units while retaining full control over the underlying hardware in your IT infrastructure.
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