VMware Virtualization Solutions

Consolidate Servers and Save Energy with VMware vSphere 4

ClarkeSource and Clarke Consulting recommend VMware® for virtualizing existing and new servers. It used to be that you needed to have lots of servers to benefit from virtualization, but with pricing continuing to fall and management capabilities improving, we recommend all of our customers put virtualization on their IT timelines.

VMware allows you to place multiple “virtual servers” inside of one or more physical server boxes. In contrast to running multiple applications on a single physical server and operating system, each of your applications runs inside its own virtual server with its own os, reducing applications interference or one crashing application bringing down all your critical network services.

By installing multiple physical VMware servers, you can have failover redundancy in case of physical hardware failure. Servers can be restored in minutes rather than days, and many physical failures result in zero perceived downtime to users. Disaster recovery becomes as easy as restoring a file and booting up a new VMware server.

Start with VMware vSphere Essentials to Reduce the Number of Servers in Your Datacenter

VMware offers its product for small and medium businesses, VMware vSphere 4, in two flavors: Essentials and Essentials Plus. Businesses that want to get started with VMware inexpensively can use Essentials, which includes all the VMware base technology plus central management and update support. Convert a physical server to a virtual server in minutes with VMware Converter (included).

Move to VMware vSphere Essentials Plus for High Availability and Data Protection

Upgrade to VMware vSphere Standard when you need more than 3 VMware servers

Extend vSphere Standard, Advanced, or Enterprise Plus with additional VMware Tools

vCenter Lab Manager (per CPU)                                                                             

Automate the setup, capture, storage and sharing of vm templates and configurations. Deploy entire virtual machine environments with a single click. Enable application and development teams to test configurations, troubleshoot defects, and test new patches. Rapidly deploy demo environments and vm training labs.

vCenter LifeCycle Manager (per CPU)                                                                     

Centralize the administration and creation of vms. Enforce best practice standards for vm deployment. Manage requests and approvals for vm creation, archiving and destruction.

VMware Grows with You

VMware also has solutions for automated disaster recovery (vCenter Site Recovery Manager), guaranteed application performance (vCenter AppSpeed), capacity planning (vCenter CapacityIQ), centralized configuration of virtual servers (vCenter ConfigControl), and transparent chargeback calculation for cost accounting (vCenter Chargeback). Contact us for more details and pricing.