IT / Server & Systems Consolidation

Is your test group starved for servers while DR has hundreds of idle "standby" machines? Datasynapse farms growing out of control? Running at 50% utilization because your daylight apps require 100% 12 hours a day, and your nighttime apps require 100% the other 12 hours -- on separate machines? Trying to maintain compliance with eco-efficient "green" power standards and wish you could just turn off machines when they weren't needed?

You’re not alone. With the increase in diversity of service-oriented, web-based, and multi-tiered networked applications, rise in numbers of remote workers, and overall expansion of the role of computing in daily operations, the demand for server-based processing power has reached new heights – and the growth shows no signs of slowing.

Yet too often the demand for computing power creates the unintended side effect of “Server Sprawl” – a seemingly endless influx of physical hardware, generating a never-ending cycle of “re-rack, re-cable, repeat” in response to shifting business system configuration needs, which in turn generates three major challenges for IT: cost, capacity, and complexity.

There is a solution: Scalent lets you grant individual high-demand business system servers more physical machine capacity on an as-needed basis… without increasing the total number of machines in the data center. Effectively, Scalent enables you to create an enterprise compute cloud, of any size, internal to your company.

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Companies who have used Scalent software to improve their IT consolidation approach have seen up to 56% improvement in total cost of ownership(TCO) through:

	Improved machine utilization: Individual business system servers can be deployed on to physical or virtual machines on a just-in-time basis… while their LAN and SAN topologies are preserved. Cyclical (day/night) applications can be given full use of real hardware when they need it, but removed in real-time when idle -- so you could do Linux-based transaction processing during the day, Windows-based batch processing at night, on the same machines.. The result: better responsiveness, more access to processing power, better machine utilization -- and less overall hardware required.
	Reduced Management Complexity: Rack once, cable once, and reconfigure as needed without further physical intervention – while a graphical interface shows the exact functional reality of your servers, network, and SAN in real-time.
	Lowered Costs: Fewer machines, less physical intervention, and simpler administration yield dramatically lower operational costs -- and of course, Scalent lets you simply power off machines when not in use, for dramatic improvements in power consumption and eco profile..
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