Paradigm Virtualization

 

The VMware® Virtual Infrastructure is a software abstraction layer that decouples the physical hardware from the operating system to deliver greater IT resource utilization and flexibility.

VMware virtual infrastructure enables the creation of multiple secure virtual machines on one phys-ical machine. Each virtual machine has its own set of virtual hardware (e.g. RAM, CPU, NIC, etc.) upon which an operating system and applications are loaded. The OS sees a consistent, normalized set of hardware regardless of the actual physical hardware components.

Virtualization is a form of partitioning that allows multiple virtual machines, with heterogeneous OSes to run in isolation, side-by-side on the same physical machine. Virtual machines are encapsu-lated into files, making it possible to rapidly save, copy, and provision a virtual machine. Full systems (fully configured applications, operating systems, BIOS and virtual hardware) can now be moved, within seconds, from one physical server to another for zero-downtime maintenance and continuous workload consolidation.

 

Benefits of Virtualization

Partitioning

  • Multiple applications and operating systems can be supported within a single physical system.
  • Servers can be consolidated in virtual machines on either a scale-up or scale-out architecture.
  • Computing resources are treated as a uniform pool to be allocated to virtual machines in a con-trolled manner.

Isolation

  • Virtual machines are completely isolated from the host machine and other virtual machines. If a virtual machine crashes, all others are unaffected.
  • Data does not leak across virtual machines and applications can only communicate over configured network connections.

Encapsulation

  • Complete virtual machine environment is saved as a single file; easy to back up, move, and copy.
  • Standardized virtualized hardware is presented to the application - guaranteeing compatibility

Development and Test Solution Benefits - Infrastructure

  • Improved quality and reduced risk of rolling out new applications by shortening development cycles and doing more rigorous testing.
  • Reduced provisioning times for new applications to tens of seconds instead of hours or days.
  • Faster development cycles and reduced configuration time for complex testing projects by enabling centralized libraries of virtual test environments.


Virtualizing simplifies your IT environment so you can leverage your storage, network and computing resources to control costs and respond faster.

In a virtual environment, system administrators manage and optimize resources centrally, across the entire enterprise, and end-users view resources as if they were dedicated to them.

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Server, storage & desktop virtualization are critical components for optimizing your environment. IT Optimization incorporates hardware, software and services to help you improve utilization of system resources, increase performance, automate processes, optimize energy footprint and conso-lidate on fewer, more powerful, high-performance servers that are less costly to manage. Learn more...

 

Don't forget to talk with your Paradigm team about IBM's Consolidation Discovery and Analysis Tool (CDAT). First introduced in 2001, IBM's Consolidation Discovery and Analysis Tool (CDAT) helps identify untapped utilization and hidden servers across a client's network, and provides recommendations on how to consolidate and virtualize x86 resources most effectively, saving customers up to 60 percent in IT costs while quadrupling a client's computing utilization. Let our experts help you get on this path with this reliable innovation today!

 

Real results - reduce cost and complexity while increasing efficiency - all with solutions from Paradigm and VMWare.