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February 2007 14

Using infrastructure more efficiently

http://www.bobmichaelian.com/2007/02/13/less-is-more/

Jason Glauch was running out of room. At the end of 2005, the senior systems analyst for Viejas Casino in Alpine, Calif., had filled three rooms with servers that monitored slot machines, ran sales systems in the restaurants and handled other critical tasks. And his staff was asking for 21 more units.

Without space to add new machines, Mr. Glauch decided to get more out of the ones he already had. Using software from VMware Inc., he started “virtualizing” his servers — making one machine do the work of many.

By April 2006, Mr. Glauch had virtualized seven of his Dell Inc. servers, allowing them to carry the workload of 70 machines. The move saved the casino from spending nearly $150,000 on new servers, not to mention finding extra room to house them all.

“We are doing a whole lot more with less these days,” Mr. Glauch says.

Check out this article discussing being more efficient with your server infrastructure, consolidating on to blades in one case, or looking at virtualization as above.

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