Virtualisation
Virtualisation dramatically improves the efficiency and availability of resources and applications in your school.
Internal resources are underutilised under the old “one server per single physical machine” model. With the new “multiple servers per single physical machine” model under virtualisation, IT co-ordinators spend much less time managing servers and have much more time to work on students’ curriculum needs.
An automated data environment, built on a virtualised platform lets you respond to the ever-changing demands on your network and more efficiently than ever before. Depending on the number of physical servers that your school is currently using, Virtualisation can typically save 50-70% on overall IT costs by consolidating their resource pools and delivering highly-available machines.
Further benefits include:
- Run multiple operating systems on a single computer including Windows, Linux and more.
- Let your Mac run Windows, creating a virtual PC environment for all your Windows applications.
- Reduce capital costs firstly by increasing energy efficiency, secondly by requiring less hardware and thirdly by increasing your server-to-admin ratio
- Ensure your applications perform with the highest availability and performance
- Build up business continuity through improved disaster recovery solutions and deliver high availability throughout the datacentre
- Improve desktop management & control with faster deployment of desktops and fewer support calls due to application conflicts
Speak to a member of our Virtualisation team for free, no-obligation advice, guidance or quotation on 0845 37 000 38.