Assignment: Benefits of Virtualization

Server virtualization allows IT departments to consolidate multiple servers to a single server, which maintains computing efficiency.

This assignment will help you understand the reasons for changing from multiple servers to one virtual server.

Tasks:

Using the Argosy University online library resources, your course textbook, and the Internet, research on server virtualization. Based on your research, respond to the following questions:

• What are the reasons for an organization to consider consolidating multiple servers into one virtual server? Explain at least five such reasons.

• What are the benefits of consolidating multiple servers into one virtual server?

• Which virtualization product might be best suited to a large organization planning to consolidate at least twenty different types of servers? Why?

Note: Your response should rely upon at least two sources from professional literature-articles from peer-reviewed journals and relevant textbooks. Write in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrate ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources (i.e., APA); and use accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation.

Submission Details:

• Post your response to the appropriate Discussion Area.
• Review and comment on at least two of your classmates' responses. Consider the following in your response:

o Provide a statement of clarification or a point of view with rationale.
o Challenge a point of discussion or draw a relationship between one or more points of the discussion.