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DynamicOps, the virtual machine management spin out from Credit Swisse, has introduced a system that automatically identifies and reclaims inactive or abandoned virtual machines to gain their resources.

DynamicOps Virtual Resource Manager Release 3.2 helps companies use their virtual infrastructure more efficiently, reducing the need for IT to seek out unused virtual machines and identify their users or former users.

“A company with 1,000 virtual machines and 10% inactive or abandoned can expect to save $80,000 to $100,000 on capital expenditures from automated resource reclamation,” said Richard Krueger, CEO, in the announcement of VRM release 3.2.

This does sound like something to consider particularly in those enterprise environments. Keeping your inventory up to date, checking to see if physical or virtual servers are needed can be a fulltime job, anything that can highlight the issue in some respects can make that task a little bit easier, I’m off to check it out, I wonder what the cost is, and if it’s a per site or per machine thing?

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