Primary Benefits
- Virtual equipment: These systems look, feel, and perform just like a physical server, without taking up any space
- Reduced costs: Buy only what you need, when you need it, shifting IT spending from a capital expense to a cost billed annually for components and disk space, and quarterly for backup services
- Expert maintenance: UITS is responsible for the hardware, plus associated issues (updates, retirements, and replacements) and technologies (cooling, power, wiring, etc.)
- Flexibility and scalability: Rapidly deploy the system you need now, and add or remove system resources (i.e., memory, CPUs, or storage) as your needs change
- Faster deployment: A standard virtual server build can be easily duplicated to speed up server deployment
- Greater availability: Virtual systems can be moved from one physical hardware server to another without service disruption
- Unified platforms: Multiple operating systems can function as virtual machines in a
single hardware environment - Fewer conflicts: Applications run as if they were on separate physical servers, no longer impacting one another when upgrades or changes are made
- Less downtime: The technology automatically re-boots your system after detected errors or failures, minimizing outages due to hardware issues
- Disaster recovery: A secure off-site location houses system images and copies of operating systems
- Automated backups: Optional Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) services provide secure off-site backups of your data, for data recovery or disaster recovery
- Enhanced security: UITS implements a variety of security measures, hosting your applications within hardened data centers that restrict physical access and provide monitoring and disaster recovery measures