Infrastructure Management White Papers
Optimizing IT Through Server Consolidation: Seven Keys to Success
Overview At its core, server consolidation is an enabling approach designed to optimize the IT infrastructure by leveraging existing skills and resources and simplifying existing architectures across applications and data. It provides a foundation for new application investments, as well as quicker and more efficient application deployment for a faster time to market. In addition to combining physical assets, server consolidation can be a starting point for other initiatives, such as post-consolidation implementation of standards and procedures for application testing and deployment, or establishment of a disaster recovery plan. It can also be used to realign resources, to integrate enterprisewide architectures and improve access to information, or to implement high-availability solutions. Whatever the goals of a server consolidation - planning is critical.
| Publisher | IBM | File Format | |
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| Date Published | August 2002 | Downloads | 1 |
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