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VMware VMotion enables planned server maintenance with no downtime impact on end-users. IT admins no longer need to come in on weekends or evenings (overtime pay) and spend hours contacting application owners to schedule a maintenance window. In a 150-VM VMware environment, a company can save an estimated $52,800 in IT administrative costs each year by using VMotion instead of scheduling downtime during evenings and weekends.

VMware Storage VMotion enables storage array maintenance and upgrades with no downtime impact to end-users. In a 150-VM environment VMware environment with 7.5TB of shared storage, a company can save an estimated $52,250 in IT administrative costs each year when performing storage array maintenance and upgrades.

VMware DRS saves IT from having to manually monitor VMs and manually move them to ensure proper resource reallocation. In a 150-VM environment VMware environment, a company can save an estimated $46,800 in IT administrative costs each year using DRS instead of manually monitoring workload and responding to customer calls when there are issues.

VMware HA automatically restarts virtual machines when hosts or individual virtual machines unexpectedly fail (unplanned downtime). This capability dramatically reduces the costs of lost end-user productivity due to the downtime. In a 150-VM environment, a company can save an estimated $60,000 in lost productivity.

VMware Fault Tolerance provides zero downtime and zero data loss availability for any virtual machine against x86 hardware failures. Enabling fault tolerance for a high-value, high transaction virtual machine enables that workload to run on two different ESX hosts simultaneously and allows the virtual machine to run seamlessly in the event of hardware failure on either host. In a 150-VM environment, this capability can save an estimated $69,000 in lost business revenue when protecting high-value, high transaction applications.

VMware vCenter Update Manager automates scanning, tracking, applying, and remediating patches for the virtualization layer and guest operating systems. In a 150-VM environment, a company can save an estimated $149,000 in operational costs compared to applying patches manually. This figure does not even include the cost savings of using VMware VMotion with VMware vCenter Update Manager to patch the virtualization layer without taking applications down.