Virtualisation is the new hot topic however it also as real business benefits.

Most people are familiar with the desktop virtualisation systems but only consider them products for a testing environment, however products such as VMWare can provide the following benefits:

• Consolidation of existing systems onto a single super server reducing hardware and support costs
• Reduced hardware maintenance downtime
• Increased resilience through server farms where up and running virtual servers can be migrated between hardware platforms almost instantly with no loss of service
• Automated load balancing of virtual systems within a server farm environment to make maximum use of system hardware
• Ability to clone existing images, created super-fast scripted install and revert Virtual servers back to pre-determined instances
• Ability to cluster Virtual servers within the server farm providing all the service level 24/7 compliance with all the extra benefits of a virtual environment, imagine 2 super servers running multiple 2+ node clusters, maybe with multiple operating systems, to protect all your services!
• Creating Disaster Recovery environments utilising Vmware Site recoveruy manager and other complimentary tools

Red Armour are experts at advising organisations of how they can take advantage of the new and exciting technology and surprisingly in may instances we can actually save you money!