Server Consolidation
Today, companies in almost every industry have multi-tiered client/server computing and the infrastructure is more distributed than ever. The proliferation of servers across the enterprise has made effective management an increasingly complex task. As a result, today's system managers are faced with a number of challenges-from supporting multiple applications, operating systems, and driver revisions, to dealing with increased Internet use and the dramatic growth of storage requirements. As the need for rapid deployment continues to grow, IT managers need to cut high management costs associated with the proliferation of small to mid-size distributed servers in their organisations.
This could be achieved through centralised design and management of the infrastructure. In a nut shell server consolidation will align your IT infrastructure with your current and future business goals. Typically you will study and optimise your existing infrastructure and deploy foundation for consolidated new infrastructure. This paper describes the benefits of server consolidation and considerations in server consolidation along with the steps that need to be taken to implement a successful server consolidation project.