Running an in-house virtual system is a good way to cut costs if your organization needs multiple servers to do different tasks such as running a domain controller, phone system, etc. Server virtualization can be used for partitioning a physical server into virtual servers. You can then divide these into multiple, isolated virtual environments. Pine Tree IT provides customized hardware resources allocated from a central pool on a virtual-private-server (VPS) basis.
The Pine Tree team works with you to create a custom and flexible server / desktop virtualization solution that is tailored specifically for your business. You will be provided with the necessary support and solutions anytime require more or less server virtualization. We will allocate the necessary storage for your business from our server virtualization pool. To reduce the number of physical hardware servers in your office, a Virtual Platform can be integrated into your current set-up.
Server Consolidation enables organizations to cut down on their hardware costs by reducing the number of servers they need to purchase. Though the initial investment may be higher, it works out to be more cost-effective in the long run.
Keeping a physical server running and available for use can get quite costly. The ongoing cost is escalated by the expense of the electricity needed for both the server & the data center temperature control system, operating system licenses, software licenses, hardware support agreements,and so on.
Standard administrative tasks such as backup, monitoring, and reporting become easier with fewer and standardized servers. A single backup strategy and a monitoring solution can be easily implemented rather than complicating the issue with multiple solutions for each subset of servers and tasks. With every server consolidated, the number of systems to patch reduces linearly.
It becomes easier to implement a centralized management structure when the number of servers is reduced. For monitoring the current status as well as the future growth, a ‘Dashboard’ type simple view of the IT estate for the executive level staff becomes possible with a standardized consolidated strategy towards servers.
A major step towards reducing CO2 emissions can be taken by reducing the number of physical servers maintained by your organization. Whether regulatory or self-imposed, you can reduce your environmental footprint by upgrading your data-center with server virtualization.
Server virtualization is very important when it comes to security and protection. Hyper-V is major player in this niche. The native hypervisor, Windows Server Virtualization or Hyper-V uses technology to create a virtual machine that runs on Windows and it allocates resources to each VM Operating System.
Virtualization allows multiple independent virtual operating systems to run on a single physical computer. This allows you to maximize your investment in hardware by maximizing physical resources. Virtualization reduces cost while providing greater flexibility and improving system security, reliability and availability.