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Apr 11, 2007 |
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White Paper |
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| Overview : |
In an effort to stay ahead of the competition, companies have poured capital resources into information technology. In many cases, this has been done on a group-by-group basis, with each line of business creating its own infrastructure silo. Each silo had its own systems, servers, storage, licenses, and support teams—and each shouldered the total cost of owning and operating a standalone infrastructure.
And in most cases, that infrastructure far exceeded their routine needs. Over-provisioning to handle peak loads of three to five times average daily needs has been a standard and accepted strategy. With plenty of reserve resources in place, companies were equipped to deal with business fluctuations. Unfortunately, over-provisioning often results in a large percentage of available resources sitting unused most of the time. In fact, average utilization of non-virtualized data center resources is often cited in the 10 to 30 percent range. Learn more by downloading this paper. |
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