Transam Virtual Infrastructure Event
The flexibility, capability and value for
money that a virtual IT infrastructure delivers makes for a compelling
strategy; viewed from either the business or technical perspective.
Transam in partnership with VMware, Datacore and Citrix
Servers
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Citrix and/or Microsoft Terminal Services provides
a flexible
access
strategy, so users can get to their applications and data wherever
they might be located (the user OR the application and data!).
Just how flexible are servers consolidated by VMware?
Most of us understand
the basic premise of running multiple 'virtual machines' on a reduced number
of physical servers, but VMware is so much more:
Reliability and Stability:
Find out why an application running in a virtual
machine can be more reliable than on a traditional server.
Availability:
See how applications on virtual machines can be quickly and
easily moved from one physical server to another, with applications running
and users active. No more inconvenient downtime windows. We will also review
the pros and cons of clustering within a virtual environment
Provisioning:
Deliver new and stored applications in minutes, not weeks or
months when new hardware has to be procured. Store libraries of test and
development servers; instantly available without tying up valuable server
resources when not in use.
Storage
VMware is capable of so much more when combined with a storage
area network (SAN); therefore we combine these to create a Virtual
Infrastructure. The virtual storage layer will provide:
Capacity and Provisioning:
Present massive 2TB volumes to your applications,
but only consume the physical storage they require.
Snapshot: Make Point in time copies of datasets to present consistent data
to development and test, backup, data mining and reporting servers
Replication and Mirroring: Mirror data synchronously and/or asynchronously
depending on your business requirements, locations and communications
infrastructure.
Flexibility: Only buy as much capacity as your short term requirements
dictate. Scale when you need to. Mix high performance drives with lower cost
high capacity drives to suit your requirements.
Value for Money: Consider deployment of Industry Standard hardware to
provide storage services, rather than proprietary systems.
Leverage of Investment: Discover how to re-use your investment in storage
software, even when it is time for a technology refresh
Note:
Virtual Servers can be used with Traditional Storage as well as
virtual, and we will present and discuss both. However the synergies of
virtualisation at all layers can realise significant benefits.
Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity
See how combining the complimentary technologies of virtual access, virtual
servers and virtual storage systems enables cost effective disaster recovery
and business continuity strategies.
Host vs. Array Based Replication
Synchronous vs. Asynchronous Replication
Transam have developed a template proposal for the deployment of a
Virtual Infrastructure.
Request your free copy.
