Virtualisation

At Keytech, we have many years' experience designing, implementing, supporting and delivering virtual environments, which can improve efficiency, i.e. the performance and flexibility of an IT infrastructure, for companies.

If you are looking for a way to reduce your operating costs and get the most out of your IT systems in the process, you must be considering some kind of virtualisation product.

To get in touch with our experts and discuss the virtualisation options available to you, call 0844 704 7872 or complete our online enquiry form. 

What is Virtualisation?

Virtualisation has become increasingly popular over the last few years, providing businesses with numerous benefits when managing their IT infrastructures.

The practice refers to the creation of virtual versions of hardware or software, such as an IT platform, application, operating system or storage device.

Virtualisation brings with it many benefits, including:

• Reduced hardware maintenance, operating and infrastructure costs
• Improved utilisation of computing resources
• Increased application availability
• Improved business continuity
• Increased IT staff productivity
• Faster servers
• Better green credentials thanks to power saving potential and chance to improve carbon footprint
• Reduced need to splash out on physical machines

Types of Virtualisation

There are various different types of virtualisation, the most common being:

• Desktop virtualisation - is the use of virtual machines to let multiple network users utilise, maintain, and individualised desktops on a single, centrally located computer or server.
• Application virtualisation - is the practice of running software from a remote server rather than on the user's computer. Dynamic link library (DLL) programs redirect all the virtualised application's calls to the server's file system.
• Server Virtualisation – is the deployment of virtual machines based on one or more hosts or guest physical servers. Each guest runs on a virtual imitation of the hardware layer. This approach allows the guest operating system to run without modifications. It also allows the administrator to create guests that use different operating systems. The guest has no knowledge of the host's operating system because it is not aware that it's not running on real hardware. It does, however, require real computing resources from the host -- so it uses a hypervisor to coordinate instructions to the CPU, Memory and other resources.
• Storage virtualisation - is the pooling of physical storage from multiple network storage devices into what appears to be a single storage device that is managed from a central console. Storage virtualization is commonly used in a storage area network (SAN). The management of storage devices can be tedious and time-consuming. Storage virtualization helps the storage administrator perform the tasks of backup, archiving, and recovery more easily, and in less time, by disguising the actual complexity of the SAN.
• Hardware virtualisation - is when the virtual machine manager is embedded in the circuits of a hardware component,(VM Ware’s ESXi for example) instead of being called up from a third-party software application.
• Network virtualisation -  is a method of combining the available resources in a network by splitting up the available bandwidth into channels each of which is independent from the others

Keytech's Virtualisation Solutions

Our virtualisation solutions - such as server consolidation - are ideal for firms that believe their current IT infrastructure is being underutilised, having a negative impact on performance and increasing costs.

We will be able to assess your options free of charge, as part of an initial, no-obligation chat and answer any questions you have about how virtualisation might benefit your company.

Contact Keytech

To get in touch with our experts, call 0844 704 7872 or complete our online enquiry form