The purpose of virtualization?

Infrastructure optimization

Virtualization is an answer to the proliferation of servers in data centres. Many of those servers barely use 15% of the available capacity and computing power. With server virtualization, one physical server is divided into various virtual machines that each act as a full-fledged independent server. As a result of this, the hardware is used more efficiently, more resources can be assigned to servers and applications work independently of the hardware they are run on. This way, older hardware (which works less efficiently or has a higher risk or defects) can be taken out of operation. Virtualization also proves its usefulness with disaster scenarios and with server consolidation.

Cost-reducing

By decreasing the number of servers, we don't just save on hardware costs. Energy consumption of servers and cooling problems - which are often problematic at data centres, both large and small - decrease when there are fewer servers. Consolidation also allows us to build smaller data centres on a smaller surface, which results in lower management costs. And as the customer, you also benefit from this, of course!

When do you opt for virtualization?

Although virtualization is very promising as a technology, it is not suitable for all applications today. Virtualization can be used for applications such as websites, web applications, active directory servers, Terminal services servers, etc.
Virtualization is less suitable for CPU and Disk I/O-intensive applications. It is better to use a physical server for heavily loaded database servers or Exchange servers with hundreds of mailboxes.