Data Center Consolidation

Consolidation is smart because it provides cost reduction in three areas: capital and operating costs, labor costs and maintenance.

Capital and operating costs include hardware, floor space, air conditioning, battery backups for power outages, and backup hardware. By installing fewer, more energy-efficient servers, your data center will consume less energy, thus producing less heat and reduce air conditioning requirements. In addition, you will see space reductions. Depending on your situation, you may see energy costs slashed by as much as 60%. Less hardware lowers manpower costs by reducing time required to maintain and manage the system or deploy new services, which improves overall service level. The third area of major savings is the cost for service contracts to operate older hardware. Newer products with enhanced manageability, productivity, and increased data security save money.

STORAGE CONSOLIDATION

One of the largest hidden expenses for enterprises is the cost associated with inefficient data storage. Profitability obstacles from data management can permeate the organization. Islands of storage tend to exist within many organizations. Multiple servers often result in excess storage purchases, management, and maintenance. The cost of IT to manage an increasingly complex and costly storage environment becomes difficult to predict.

Poorly designed storage may lead to underperforming networks, and productivity lags as data users focus on workarounds rather than work.

How do you optimize your data storage? How do you reduce costs? How do you predict, prepare, and control future costs?

SERVER CONSOLIDATION

Server consolidation enables an organization to consolidate multiple applications onto a smaller number of more cost-efficient servers. Consolidation cuts cost and complexity. Fewer servers use less energy, generate less heat, and require less physical space in the data center. The savings from server energy usage and air conditioning cost reduction for less heat and a smaller area will add up to huge energy savings, reducing TCO. Fewer servers also reduce manpower costs required to manage the system. This translates into improved service levels and reduced costs.

The people at Laurus are experts do and are able to deliver the highest IT optimization available. And because the Laurus team includes experienced engineers and consultants, it can develop a truly customized solution to a company’s business needs, one that provides a competitive advantage and superior ROI.