Wednesday, May 12, 2010 4:15pm - 5:00pm

Very few organizations have a formal virtualization cost model to project power and overall savings despite over 93% of organizations deploying server virtualization. Yet, for most organizations this is OK, especially since most are still early into the virtualization deployment cycle. It’s a no-brainer to realize removing 1000 physical servers must have a net positive effect on costs. But what happens when server consolidation slows down? What happens when low power “pizza box” servers are replaced with power-hungry blade servers? What happens when virtualization drives SAN storage needs? The challenge is greatest power benefits occur early in the process and without a proper model unrealistic power savings expectations may be set; leading to inaccurate capacity plans.

Please join Ted Ritter in an in-depth discussion and presentation of virtualization, a virtualization cost model and recommendations on how to set correct expectations for power savings leading to a compelling Green IT story for the data center.