| Even though this practice has been around a long | | | | There is a period of initial transition that will be |
| time, with the insurgence of dedicated servers to | | | | supported the by your virtualization service. You may |
| handle the demand of more and more bandwidth | | | | also opt for replacing your low end designated |
| needs, virtualization of existing dedicated servers has | | | | servers with ones that can maximize the advantages |
| become a welcome solution. | | | | of virtualization. Experts recommend that you never |
| Cramped offices with low-end equipment such as | | | | let a server exceed 50% CPU utilization during peak |
| non-profit organizations and entry level businesses | | | | loads. You can double the amount of virtual machines |
| with low budgets have opted for this practical | | | | with high end dedicated servers without increasing |
| utilization of their existing dedicated servers. | | | | the CPU utilization. You will have to look carefully at |
| Accomplishing Virtualization | | | | you needs and budget to see how to incorporate |
| Virtualizing can be accomplished through either the | | | | virtualization into your dedicated server environment. |
| software or the hardware. The software or | | | | Sometimes one physical dedicated server runs just |
| operating system runs as if it were on its own | | | | two virtual private servers, one to host the website |
| stand-alone hardware platform. The hardware is | | | | and one to store the backup copy, using the copy to |
| partitioned to create as many virtual dedicated | | | | update and test new applications. This is a Sandbox |
| servers as the physical server can handle. An | | | | testing practice for untried software from unverified |
| example to demonstrate this concept would be the | | | | third parties and not-trusted users. |
| Parallels or Bootstrap applications to partition the hard | | | | Entry level dedicated servers usually consist of low |
| drive on a Mac that runs the windows o/s in one | | | | quality grade hardware, slower performance, |
| partition and the Mac o/s on the other. Each runs | | | | increased need for ongoing maintenance and |
| independently from the other and each can have its | | | | non-existent levels of redundancy. Virtual private |
| own technical issues so you need to be prepared for | | | | dedicated servers are offered by many vendors in |
| the maintenance of the virtualization you are | | | | their environment eliminating the burden of having to |
| deploying. | | | | deal with server sprawl in an already cramped office. |
| Although virtualizing your dedicated servers can | | | | These vendors offer all the services of a dedicated |
| reduce your IT costs and overall expenses while | | | | server host service including packages with dedicated |
| eliminating the need to add space for your ever | | | | processor cycles and memory, detailed resource |
| growing server environment, there are some | | | | statistics analyzing your memory, CPU and network |
| challenges to set up and maintenance. | | | | utilization. You still have remote control enabling you |
| Transition Time | | | | to reboot from any location anywhere in the world. |