Server Consolidation Benefits, Types And Considerations
Search IT Operations, Friday, March 15th, 2024
Server consolidation enables admins to boost server utilization and decrease power consumption, which can also reduce costs and improve performance.
IT administrators who combine virtualization with a server consolidation plan can improve server utilization and reduce data center power consumption and hardware costs. A server consolidation plan can include one of two consolidation methods: migrating workloads to a server's OS or using virtualization to run applications inside of VMs.
Virtualization is often the preferred choice for server consolidation because it introduces a host of benefits, such as reduced power and cooling costs, as well as high availability for workloads. To achieve these benefits, admins must formulate a server consolidation plan that aligns with business needs.