Server Virtualization.

Greening the Data Center: Server Virtualization

Server virtualization is the masking of server resources, including the number and identity of individual physical servers, processors, and operating systems, from server users. The server administrator uses a software application to divide one physical server into multiple isolated virtual environments. The virtual environments are sometimes called virtual private servers, but they are also known as guests, instances, containers or emulations.

An example locally in Hawaii was the reduction of 40 servers down to 2 main servers at the Punahou School Data Center. This was implemented by Hawai Green IT's primary Virtualization partner.

One of the reasons this project was undertaken was the growing need for air conditioning and electrical draw for all of those servers. We can help you analyze your current server usage and choose which devices to virtualize on.