Denton County was having capacity challenges with its growing number of servers including space, power, cooling, network capacity and management.
As a Microsoft shop familiar with Windows, Denton County decided to utilize Microsoft Hyper-V on a pilot basis in order to begin alleviating the capacity constraints with virtualization. As the number of VMs continued to grow, IT management increasingly became aware of virtualization’s capabilities to lower costs, reduce power usage and increase availability.
They estimated that taking a strategic approach to virtualizing the entire data center would save the County nearly $2 million over a five-year period while requiring an investment of only $250,000.
This presentation discusses both the decision to migrate to a virtual data center as well as how IT management was able to secure funds for the project with justifications such as ROI benefits and energy savings. It describes why the County decided to switch gears to a vSphere platform despite the free Microsoft hypervisor, and also covers the implementation strategy and products utilized. Future plans for virtual disaster recovery and desktop solutions are also covered.
Speaker(s):
Steven Kaplan Vice President, Data Center Virtualization, INX, Inc.
Tony Coaxum, Network Manager, County of Denton
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