With Cloud Computing becoming the most obvious choice when upgrading business IT, it is important to understand the benefits cloud services, such as Virtualisation can have on your business. Below are some of the key advantages to Server Virtualisation with a managed service.
Cost
The most obvious benefit to shared hosting is the direct savings. When a company have their own dedicated, in house servers, they shoulder the whole cost, from maintaining the Hardware and related software, through to the running and failover costs. By Virtualising, the cost is effectively split between several users, each utilising a separate partition of a bigger, faster server.
Latest Technology
By renting server space from a managed provider, you are ensuring that all virtualised servers are upgraded with the latest security and software updates as they are released.
Flexibility
Virtualised servers give you flexible options for upgrading or downgrading. Changing your capacity or resources can happen almost instantaneously – indeed, should you require a second server this can be implemented on the spot, without the need to purchase and configure new hardware.
Testing
Want to use a copy of your server to test and develop new applications? With a virtual server it is easy to create duplicates by taking regular snap shots of each machine’s setup. This means you can avoid downtime and not risk destabilising the systems your users work with. These snap shots also create natural backup points – meaning re-establishing your environment is quick and easy should the worst happen.