The performance and cost- effectiveness of server consolidation are driving
IT personnel to consolidate their databases, Web application servers, and
mission-critical applications to the Linux platform. Businesses need reliable
hardware and software to ensure the availability and performance of their
applications.
Successful implementation of Linux applications in server consolidation
efforts requires a partner that takes a holistic life-cycle perspective on
migrating to Linux and manages Linux applications within a heterogeneous
enterprise environment.
Linux server consolidation impacts three distinct areas:
Server consolidation planning: IT personnel must be able to extract and
evaluate the performance, throughput, and responsiveness of existing
workloads to accurately determine which hardware configuration requirements
will be needed on Linux. Coordination of appl... (more)