Virtualisation - Case Study

Client Background

A local technology based manufacturing company had reached the time when they needed to upgrade their IT infrastructure, they had two ageing servers that were out of manufacturer's warranty.
BrightVisions brief was to design and implement a solution that would address all of the following points.

Issues to address

• Server Hardware more than 5 years old
• Multiple Servers used
• Cost Reduction
• Improve efficiency
• Increase speed and reliability
• Benefit from automatic switching from one service to another identical service if the primary service fails
• Backup strategy that allows fast data restoration in case of loss or failure

The Solution

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High end server with a powerful processor, ample RAM and multiple hard drives in a “raid” configuration (meaning that if one drives fails another seamlessly takes over) and of course dual power supplies.
This server was then further sub- divided into multiple “virtual” server’s utilising Microsoft Hyper V technology (thus one single server undertakes the work of multiple physical servers).

The Benefits
• Reduced capital cost
• Worry Free Backup
• Instant recovery in event of failure
• Reduced running costs, maintenance, upgrades and repairs
• Enhanced network performance

Conclusions

At the time of writing; the customer has had the server with Hyper V technology for more than a month with the smallest of teething troubles (no server downtime at all). The project has been a complete success with careful planning all of the potential pitfalls have been avoided these include:
• Complete data migration
• Successful integration with the host network

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