VMware Benefits of Virtualization Use Cases

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Virtualize for Efficiency, Higher Availability, and Lower Costs

Virtualization is the single most effective way to reduce IT expenses while boosting efficiency and agility—not just for large enterprises, but for small and midsize businesses too. VMware virtualization lets you:

Run multiple operating systems and applications on a single computer
Consolidate hardware to get vastly higher productivity from fewer servers
Save 50% or more on overall IT costs
Speed and simplify IT management, maintenance, and the deployment of new applications

Example 1

Profile and Need: Small bank with 15 physical servers, looking to add 5 more to handle a new application.

VMware Virtualization Results: All objectives achieved for under $50,000. Equivalent non-virtualized solution would have cost more than $335,000.

Objective	Result
Reduce datacenter costs	Server count reduced from 20 to 3 with corresponding savings
Bring new applications online quickly	Easy launch of VMs from preconfigured templates
Centralize storage	All VMs on iSCSI storage
Provide complete application availability in the event of a server failure	Built-in high availability and fault tolerance
Deploy a disk-to-disk backup solution	Implemented data recovery with NAS
Disaster recovery (DR) for 100% application coverage	Host-based VM replication

Objective	Result
Reduce data center costs	Server count reduced from 7 to 2 with corresponding savings
Centralize storage	All VMs on NAS storage
Maintain complete application availability in the event of a server failure	Built-in high availability
Deploy a disk-to-disk backup solution	Implemented data recovery with NAS
Provide reliable disaster recovery (DR)	Host-based VM replication

Example 2

Profile and Need: Small bank with 7 MS physical servers, wants to reduce costs, and add high availability and disaster recovery.

VMware Virtualization Results: All objectives achieved for under $10,000. Equivalent non-virtualized solution would have cost more than $102,000.

Example 3

Profile and Need: Regional insurance wholesaler desires a reliable and affordable disaster recovery solution.

VMware Virtualization Results: Significant savings and newfound peace of mind.

Objective	Result
Reduce costs	Eliminated $400,000 annual expense for outsourced disaster recovery service Complete payback of virtualized infrastructure within 10 months Physical server count reduced from 72 to 8, for combined annual savings of $350,000 in payroll and maintenance costs through avoidance of current and future server sprawl
Exceptional day-to-day availability	Workloads are migrated from any failed node to a working server without user interruption
Dependable disaster recovery	Entire infrastructure is virtualized and protected, with disaster failover to backup servers within hours
Desktop disaster recovery	Virtualized desktops can be accessed from anywhere, protecting the business against failure of any physical office site

Objective	Result
Quickly modernize infrastructure with one-time cost impact and only minimal as-need spend for further growth	Virtualized 144 servers to deploy a private cloud in just 90 days
Deliver high performance and massive capacity to service a fast-growing user base	33% more employees and 100% more business transactions are supported than previously
Contain costs	Servers and desktops are maintained with half the staff previously required, for an annual $900,000 in savings
Deploy a highly scalable and agile IT infrastructure	Compute and storage capacity is easily added as needed, with no technology rework
Efficiently support a remote work-force	Virtualized desktops are device- and location-independent, enabling employees to work anywhere

Example 4

Profile and Need: Midsize travel insurance company is looking to replace aging and unreliable equipment with a scalable, high-performance IT infrastructure to support aggressive business growth.

VMware Virtualization Results: Transcended previous IT limitations to become an industry leader using cutting-edge technologies to change the way insurance services are delivered.

Example 5

Profile and Need: Small manufacturer of high-performance sports motorcycles needs to create a private cloud to flexibly deliver IT services to its global supply chain and distribution network.

VMware Virtualization Results: Achieved aggressive strategic goals for business, processes, and technology in a fast-track timeframe.

Objective	Result
Virtualize the entire infrastructure	Rapidly achieved a server virtualization rate approaching 100%, significantly reducing capital costs
Achieve unprecedented IT flexibility and agility	Applications, solutions, services, and new architectures are deployed with unprecedented speed at modest cost
Support highly complex international projects and rollouts on a limited budget	All business requirements are satisfied with available human and financial resources
Leverage the infrastructure benefits of a full-fledged private cloud	IT services are supplied to commercial subsidiaries worldwide via private cloud