Save Time, Money, and Energy by Virtualizing Your Environment Mica Lyman and Shawn Harpe Oklahoma State University Copyright Mica Lyman, Shawn Harpe 2007.

Save Time, Money, and Energy by Virtualizing Your

Environment

Mica Lyman and Shawn HarpeOklahoma State University

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Picture of our Datacenter

IT departments are experiencing an increased demand for IT

services in a shorter amount of time while operating with limited

or decreased financial and human resources

Main Problems we faced

•Overcrowding

•Cooling

•Shortage of Network Ports

•Crowded cabling

•Electrical costs

•Prices of new servers

•Test/Development

Topics we will cover•Review of Infrastructure

•Methods that saved us time

•Ways we cut costs

•How we saved energy

How we began this virtualization project…

Saving Time

A new server requires time to:

•Rack

•Hookup

•Build the Server

(4x250servers = A Lot of Time)

Save Money

•Shortage of money

•IT is being asked to do more with less

Saving Energy

•Heat/Power

•Total Amps Used

Kilowatt hours

•2850 = 370/year

•2950 = 215/year

Conclusion•Successes

•Pain Points

Successes

•Less Time spent bringing up new services

•Support through one vendor

•Less physical Servers

•Virtual Center•VMware converter

Pain Points

•Documentation

•Size of Hardware

•Access Rights

•Lack of Training

•Over Utilization of Hardware

•Processor Family

•VMware licensing

Questions

Email

Mica.Lyman@okstate.edu

Shawn.Harpe@okstate.edu