Virtualisation

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What is Virtualisation?

Today's conventional computer hardware was designed to run a single operating system and a single application, leaving most servers vastly underutilised. Virtualisation eliminates the one-application-per-server model and allows your business to unleash available capacity from physical assets. Rather than locking the various layers together — the operating system (OS) to the hardware, the application to the OS and the user interface to the local machine — Virtualisation allows multiple, independent operating systems and applications to run "virtually" on a single server, making the most of each physical server's capacity.

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Benefits of Virtualisation

Manage all your resources — from data center hardware and software to time and people — in an efficient, open and affordable way.

  • Run multiple applications and operating systems independently on a single server
  • Move workloads easily from one virtual workspace to another
  • Configure and deploy new servers in a few minutes instead of hours
  • Reduce equipment and maximise server resources
  • Lower data center costs significantly with power and labour savings
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    Components of Virtualisation

    With a broad range of products and services that deliver outstanding value — and strategic partners that provide industry expertise — Dell can help you achieve the full benefits of Virtualisation technology. Our world-class standards-based Virtualisation solutions provide flexibility in your selection of hardware, software and services components.

  • Dell™ PowerEdge™ servers provide the ultimate design for Virtualisation. Innovations including additional memory, I/O (input/output) capacity and optional factory-integrated hypervisors help deliver the performance and manageability you need.
  • Storage technology that scales up easily with business continuity built-in, giving your company continuous access to critical data. Dell offers multiple shared storage platforms, including EqualLogic™ and Compellent, to help you take full advantage of advanced Virtualisation capabilities, such as workload management, high availability and disaster recovery.
  • Networking products that maximise throughput and port density. Dell offers standards-based networking fabrics that are fully virtualised, cloud enabled and highly automated.
  • Software options from the three leading Virtualisation software providers, VMware®, Microsoft® and Citrix®, giving you the flexibility to use what works best with your infrastructure.
  • Consultation and support from Dell experts who specialise in evaluating, recommending and supporting Virtualisation technology for small and medium businesses.
    • Virtualisation Solutions
    Your best Virtualisation strategy depends on your goals and on the demands of your specific environment. Dell can help you understand both. Whether you're a small organisation trying to extend the value of the resources you already have or a large data center that's pushing the automation envelope, Dell delivers solutions that make sense for your budget, staff and business.
  • Server Consolidation: Slow (or reverse) server sprawl, reduce costs, improve utilisation and help regain control of your IT by consolidating servers with Virtualisation.
  • Storage Virtualisation: Simplify cumbersome tasks, such as allocating storage, load balancing, configuring RAID, and backing up and restoring data.
  • Client Virtualisation: Simplify the process of maintaining, distributing and patching applications, as well as reducing desktop management labour and staffing cost.
  • Application Virtualisation: Accelerate application deployment, simplify application migration and provide users anywhere access to applications without application installs.
  • Disaster Recovery: Reduce the time it takes to protect and recover data from hours to seconds.
    • Getting Started

    Scoping and sizing a Virtualisation solution can be a daunting task for any IT professional. We stand ready to help with Dell-built tools that analyse your current environment and performance data to determine your company's actual server and storage utilisation. The result? A solution that's specifically sized for your environment to meet your needs today, and can scale to meet your needs tomorrow.

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    A Single Point of Contact
    With Dell you get a single source for hardware, software, services and support. We can help guide you through a successful implementation of Virtualisation technology by offering jointly engineered solutions based on Dell's hardware and Virtualisation management technologies, and industry-leading Virtualisation software providers.

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