Storage Assessment: Overview, Current Storage Environment, Utilization, File Aging, File Duplication, File Types, Exchange, Data Growth, Recommendations.
ABC Inc. engaged Systems Technology Associates (STA) to perform a Virtualization Assessment utilizing VMware Capacity Planner software. During this study, STA captured and analyzed performance data on the servers in ABC Inc’s. infrastructure for a minimum of 30 days in order to identify and model server consolidation scenarios utilizing a virtual infrastructure based on VMware vSphere 4.
Approach: Compare the estimated Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) over 5 years of operating current Sun servers vs. virtualizing and consolidating via Blade servers, vSphere 4, and Redhat Linux.
STA prepared a 3 year Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) analysis based on information provided by Organization X. The analysis is designed to compare of the costs of the following options:
Compare the estimated Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) over 6 years of operating/refreshing 200 full power desktops vs. virtualizing and deploying thin client devices via VMware View software and centralized servers. Desktops deployed 100 initially and 100 in year 2. The following cost categories were explored.
The business case compares the total costs over 5 years of using HP Rack mount servers vs. the costs of using HP Blade servers.
Problem Statements:
This business case presents the estimated financial impact of server and desktop virtualization for ABC Inc Neighborhood Market.
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