React Technologies Ltd Newsletter Consider virtualisation if: • You are considering a server or storage purchase • You are considering creating / migrating to a new datacentre • You are considering new server management tools You should virtulise if: Your typical x86 server utilisation is less than 15% You incrementally provision one or more new servers for every new application You are unhappy with your organisation’s ability to respond quickly to new business needs requiring provisioning of new servers Your IT spending is tight because of expenses associated with hardware purchases, maintenance and facilities costs You would like a proven method for reducing total cost of server ownership How does it work? Pain points: Consolidation benefits Difficulty capacity planning for future projects Leverages hardware investments creating ample resource supply Costly but underutilised hardware resources Dramatically improves resource utilisation to efficiently use server resources Poor return on investment Less than six month ROI is not uncommon Backlog of new IT projects demanded by business managers Time saved on management and provisioning allows IT labour to focus on critical projects Budget constraints 30-70% TCO reduction provides budget flexibility Key Points • Reduce TCO by 30%-70% by virtualising applications and thus reducing the number of servers needed. • Reduce time to provision, move, and repurpose servers by using virtual machines that are already created and hardware-independent. • Consolidate hardware needed, achieving ratios of 8:1 – 30:1. Achieve higher server utilisation rates of up to 80% instead of typical rates of 5-15%. Optimise the utilisation of every server. • Dramatically lower power and cooling costs when fewer servers are needed to do the job.

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