Successful server consolidation: it is all in the preparation

Successful server consolidation: it's all in the preparation
Reduction in
operating systems
IT infrastructures commonly have a very complex mix of platforms supporting the IT
environment. Finding multiple operating systems in an IT environment is not uncommon.
Microsoft Windows NT, Unix, Linux, and other operating systems are all commonly
found in IT environments with different operating systems supporting different
applications. Microsoft Windows 2000 provides an alternative, allowing servers to run
more than one application reliably on the same server. The technology to wrap
applications is embedded in the operating system, so they do not step on each other
when running on the same server. Windows 2000 has defined a standard for scalability
in terms of running applications.
Partitioning software
Software options that use the enhanced scalability of the Windows 2000 operating
system are available to help streamline the infrastructure. The ProLiant Essentials
Workload Management Pack is a software solution that controls and dynamically
allocates system resources enabling application consolidation and performance
optimization on Windows 2000 server platforms. Some of the benefits are maximum
utilization, lower total cost of ownership, and improved availability to IT environments.
For more information, visit
http://h18013.www1.hp.com/products/servers/proliantessentials/rpmdescription.html
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IT managers can monitor processor utilization with ProLiant Essentials Workload
Management Pack (see Figure 1).
Figure 1. Workload Management Pack Graphical User Interface (GUI)
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