Systrack VMP

SysTrack Virtual Machine Planner – Planning for Virtualisation

SysTrack VMP uses a process-based, scientific approach to minimize effort and maximize results in virtualisation planning. A highly scalable methodology is used to avoid manual data collection and analysis. SysTrack VMP's ability to analyze enormous volumes of real-world data allows it to leverage synergies and maximize ROI in virtualisation projects.

Typical Virtualisation concerns

• Application and Workload Insights - What applications and workloads do I have in my datacenter environment? Which ones would thrive in a virtualised environment? Which ones will have problems if virtualised?
• User Insights - Which user environments could be successfully virtualised?
• Capacity - How much CPU, memory and I/O am I currently consuming in my datacenter and environment? How can I define the virtual machines based on the resources available, taking into account the resource requirements by workload, user need, time of day, geography and other factors?
• Migration - What is the best path to go from traditional to a virtualised environment without disrupting operations? What are the costs associated?
• Management - How do I manage the resulting physical and virtual servers I have in the datacenter?

Key features and benefits

• Analyze Users and Applications - SysTrack VMP automated assessment of user and application workloads identifies both ideal and problematic candidates for your virtualisation project.
• Characterize existing load - SysTrack VMP sophisticates statistical analysis identifies the time-correlated loading expected for your virtual environment.
• "What-if" impact projections for experimentation - SysTrack VMP plots virtualized server models and accounts for data volatility. Users can designate confidence levels based upon projected requirements.
• Select what to virtualise - SysTrack VMP automatically selects target hardware for virtualisation. Models can be used across the enterprise.
• Select target hypervisor hardware - The SysTrack VMP user selects target hardware for virtualisation. SysTrack VMP analyzes data and determines the appropriate host servers and the configuration required.
• Complete optimized physical to virtual mapping - SysTrack VMP completes the model cycle by assigning systems based upon multiple factors: Data volatility, load leveling, aggregation of like OS, and common application usage to optimize memory savings through saved memory from hosts and others.
• Virtual models for VM assignments - SysTrack VMP prescribes mappings for existing desktops and servers to hypervisors for optimal savings and results.
• Automated Documentation - SysTrack VMP creates customized Executive Summary and technical analysis documentation, along with a proposed migration plan.

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