Virtualization Assessment
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Overview
A GANTECH Virtualization Assessment gives you a clear view of server consolidation opportunities within your existing physical IT infrastructure. We assess your current server landscape to determine your potential cost and savings.
Enterprise Benefits
- Estimate cost savings of potential server consolidation.
- Estimate required server hardware.
- Use capacity planning for data collection, scenario creation, and optimization analysis.
- Accelerate the assessment process with proven server consolidation experience.
GANTECH Deliverables
- Up to 30 days of system and performance data for existing Windows® servers in your environment, collected at one site.
- Data analysis for up to 200 existing Windows servers.
- A server consolidation and virtualization assessment report, including a preliminary total cost of ownership analysis of the sampled environment and recommendations.
Target Audience
Agencies and companies planning server consolidation projects, needing guidance on sizing requirements and justification of expenditures to facilitate consolidation via virtualization.
Roles and Responsibilities
- Professional Consultant: Leads assessment efforts and provides best practices knowledge for ongoing data center and infrastructure issues.
- Customer IT Manager: Plans and coordinates all assessment-related IT activities.
- Systems Administrator: Responsible for server hardware storage and networking.
- Server Administrator: Responsible for operating system and application.
Key Activities
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Responsibility
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Kickoff call
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Data collector installation
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Consultant
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Gather server inventory and performance data
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Interview key stakeholders
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Consultant
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Assessment report creation
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Consultant
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Presentation of report findings
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Consultant
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Scope
- Up to two (2) days onsite.
- Assessment Report created and delivered.
- Analysis conducted on up to 200 Windows servers selected by customer.
- Virtualization Assessment delivered by a GANTECH Professional Consultant.
Requirements
- Dedicated, networked (including Internet access) Windows 2000 Server SP3 or higher machine with at least 500 MHz CPU, 256MB RAM, and 2GB free disk space
- Local and domain administrator (root) access to existing servers to gather data for use in analysis
Contact Information
For more information about virtualization software and services available, contact us at info@gantech.net or call 1-877-242-6832.
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