Resource Management

Business Problems

If you work in a large data center environment, the following questions might be familiar to you.

• The data center is full of systems. Many of those systems are lightly used, and more applications are always waiting to be brought online. There is no room to add more systems, and the available systems are getting more powerful. How can we add a new application to an existing system, without affecting the level of service provided to its users?

• There are so many small server systems that they are a nightmare to manage. Each server has its own custom setup, and unlike an environment containing desktop machines, it's hard to automate a cloned installation process. How can we combine lots of small servers into a few big ones?

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