| In recent years, server virtualization has become more popular due to cost savings. Many of these savings come from reduction of power usage and heat production. Data centers can be reduced from several hundred physical machines to fewer more powerful and efficient modern computers. Virtualization can fulfill current demands on Information Technology or "IT" requirements of small to enterprise business organizations. Businesses have approached IT Consultants to learn of some of the virtualization advantages and how to implement them in their organizational structure.;The research will illustrate a highly reliable and sustained data communications system leveraging new features virtualization has made possible. Autonomous optimization solutions like DRS or "Distributed Resource Scheduler" can dynamically reconfigure system resources to best meet demands of businesses. Further, enhancements like HA or "High Availability" can lend greater integrity to network systems that lack redundancy as part of their initial design. This will in essence create a networked communication system with increased availability and less downtime. Meaning partial system failure will never again cause loss of business capability.;The system will be documented using Configuration Management (CM) principles, to maintain a functional baseline configuration for businesses. This configuration baseline can then be proposed as an IT solution for organizations great and small. This research will discuss certain aspects of the baseline. The research will contain detailed instructions on network topologies, protocols, infrastructures, and software/hardware requirements to create a stepping stone from the baseline. |
