Directory:Datacenter Virtualization
With extensive experience in IT Operations Management, HCL provides customers with effective & efficient enablement and management of virtualization across, network, application and systems.
While we offers traditional network consulting services to virtualize servers, storage, networks and desktops, we also have started offering a Unified Virtualization-as-a-service (uVaaS) offering providing network, storage, server, desktop and datacenter virtualization. In this offering, we take over a client's hardware assets, virtualize them and “rent” them back to the client on a per month per virtual instance basis.
For clients, this means no capex investments with no upfront investment on license. It also offers “Business Ready with Virtual Infrastructure Utility” for specific applications like SAP. Clients can pick among three productized service packs: basic, gold and platinum depending on the level of services needed. Pricing is dependent on the number of servers virtualized.
HCL's Server Virtualization Methodology Having helped many Fortune/Global 1000 organizations to embark on the Virtualization journey. We at HCL have developed a 5-step service pack which we call as our Server Virtualization Lifecycle Services for Datacenter Operational Support.
Phase 1 - Assessment
1) Analysis of base architecture and overview
2) Access infrastructure assets including Application, Services, CPU's, Drives, NIC's & RAM
3) Measure the performance statistics and trends
4) High level review of business application infrastructure
Phase 2 - Architecture
1) Identify the virtualization candidates
2) Create operational design and project plan for implementation of virtual infrastructure
3) Determination of the impact of virtualization on the IT organization and infrastructure
4) Define requirements for new environments
Phase 3 - Implementation
1) Implementation of virtual Infrastructure: Installing hardware
2) Completing configurations and building virtual machines
3) Integration with application, storage and network
Phase 4 - Facility Management
1) Creation of operation guides and run books
2) Provide documents on production capabilities
3) Define process for backup, store patching/upgrading and monitoring
4) Define road map for expanding new area of virtualization desktop, business
Phase 5 - Transformation
1) Outlining operations procedure
2) Greening of the datacenter
3) Enhanced end user experience
4) Server consolidation and operations optimization
Regardless of its specific goals, any organization that employs our Datacenter Server Virtualization Lifecycle Services can achieve dramatic results and benefits like:
CAPEX Savings from
- Partition
- Consolidation
OPEX Savings from
- Virtualized production servers
- High availability
- Enhanced disaster recovery capability
Strategic Business Benefits like agility & flexible from
- Automated IT processes
- Available resource pools
- Capacity on-demand
- Datacenter Operational Support
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