Server Virtualization

Xen

By now, most people know the benefits of server virtualization:

Better hardware utilization through proper workload sizing.
Shorter server provisioning times.
Better server availability.
Less hardware equals less power & cooling costs.

The Open Source Experts can build you a virtualization cluster that delivers an outstanding ROI, because we utilize components that you probably already own. Did you know that most enterprise Linux distributions contain all the pieces necessary to build a high-performance, fault tolerant, virtualization solution? We can help you put the puzzle pieces together.

It all starts with the core that is built around the powerful, open source, industry standard for virtualization: Xen. We believe this is the best hypervisor for the following reasons:

It provides a powerful, efficient, and secure feature set.
Supports x86, x86_64, IA64, ARM, and other CPU architectures.
Wide range of guests including Windows, Linux, Solaris, and various versions of BSD.

If you've already paid for it, isn't it time you start using it? Let us build your virtualization infrastructure today. Please take a couple minutes to complete our project assessment survey.

NOTE: Please give us a call before buying hardware. There are specific features necessary for a proper virtualization cluster.

P2V

Once the virtualization cluster is up and running, how do you migrate your physical servers to virtual guests? That's where our physical to virtual (P2V) experience pays off. Our approach provides you with the following benefits:

All applications & configurations are preserved.
Physical server is still available for failover scenarios.
Reduced disk space; SAN capacity savings.

If you already have a virtualization solution in place, but need help converting your servers, give an Expert a call. We're more than happy to assist you.

Application Consolidation

A related service that we provide is Application Consolidation. This approach provides many of the same benefits of server virtualization, but eliminates the dreaded VM Sprawl that always seems to accompany virtualization projects. We've found this solution to be a good fit for:

Development Environments.
Testing Environments.
Server management systems.

If you would like to learn more about this approach to better resource utilization, please take a couple minutes to complete our project assessment survey.