Is Virtualisation right for me?

The benefits of virtualisation are compelling, but even so it might not be right for every business. Even if it is the right thing, how would you go about migrating to a virtualised infrastructure? Using technology such as PlateSpin Recon, Node4 can carry out a Virtualisation Audit of your server infrastructure.

To ensure a maximum return on investment, successful data center initiatives require upfront planning and analysis. PlateSpin Recon is a workload profiling, analysis and planning solution that takes the guesswork out of complex server consolidation, disaster recovery, capacity planning, asset management and green data centre initiatives.

Features of the virtualisation audit provide analysis and planning for:

• Collect inventory and utilization data across thousands of servers
• Determine the optimal fit between server resources and workloads
• Analyze power and cooling costs for green computing initiatives
• Accelerate Data Centre projects by generating executable plans
• Manage virtual infrastructure growth on an ongoing basis
• Chargeback to business units based on resource allocation & usage.

PlateSpin Recon works in tandem with PlateSpin Migrate to provide organizations with a cohesive solution that simplifies planning, execution and ongoing management for physical and virtual data center initiatives.