Getting Real on Virtualisation Simon Perry Principal Associate Analyst - Sustainability
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Market Drivers
Existing hardware performance value
Agility
Budget restraint
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Storage complexity
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Power, floorspace and cooling
Floorspace
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Power
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Causal relationships
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Agility
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Misconceptions
Virtualisation is “green”
Virtualisation will solve all data centre power and heat problems
Virtualisation reduces infrastructure management issues © 2009 Quocirca Ltd
Things to watch for
Security
Tendency to spawn
Balancing workload requirements
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