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Server consolidation is an approach to the efficient usage of computer server resources in order to reduce the total number of servers or server locations that an organization requires. The practice was developed in response to the problem of "server sprawl," a situation in which multiple under-utilized servers take up more space and consume more resources than can be justified by their workload.
Servers in many companies typically run at 15-20% of their capacity, which may not be a sustainable ratio in the current economic environment. By consolidating those underachieving servers, you can harness that capacity more effectively either to increase the business return on your IT infrastructure or reduce the investment and expense required to maintain it. Of 518 respondents in a Gartner Group research study, six percent had conducted a server consolidation project, 61% were currently conducting one, and 28% were planning to do so in the immediate future.
There are three main levels of server consolidation to consider:
- Centralized Consolidation
This involves moving servers to one or two locations. Rather than maintaining servers at various branch offices, an organization moves all servers to a centralized location.
- Physical Consolidation
An organization reduces the total number of servers by merging the workload onto fewer servers.
- Operational Consolidation
Also known as virtualization or application consolidation, this approach runs multiple platforms and diverse applications on a single server (or cluster). This technique uses partitioning and virtualization to run many "virtual servers" on a single machine. This makes efficient use of system resources while minimizing upkeep tasks and TCO. Although the most complex option, Operational Consolidation can offer the greatest payoff.
