SERVER CONSOLIDATION & VIRTUALIZATION

There is no such thing as an “off-the-shelf” consolidation solution. Every organization requires an effective solution that matches it’s own unique infrastructure and business model. Anyone can tell you that they can consolidate your servers and virtualize your environment. CAS Severn doesn’t just tell you it can be done, we show you how.

Consolidation:
Using proven methodologies and tools, CAS Severn measures the CPU performance, disk I/O, Network utilization and application function of the servers in your environment. Whether it is Microsoft Windows, UNIX or LINUX, Intel or System i (iSeries) the CAS Severn team possesses the experience and expertise to gather the statistics necessary to make the right server consolidation recommendations.

CAS Severn’s UNIX Engineers implement consolidation using a proven assessment method coupled with a technology developed by IBM in 1976 that has been enhanced over the past 30 years. The use of LPAR, short for Logical Partitioning, allows a computer's total resources to be split into smaller units while running separate instances of the operating system & applications. Now instead of the footprint for additional database servers, WEB servers and application servers, CAS Severn Engineers can size the server environment utilizing LPAR technology to reduce the number of physical machines thus reducing power, cooling and footprint requirements.

Virtualization:
Virtualization means different things to different people. CAS Severn is here to demystify the various virtualization approaches. Storage virtualization is new for our competitors, but not for us. The IBM SAN Volume Controller has a proven track record, and we have the implementation experience to show you just how a product that appears to be complex can make managing your storage so easy.

Virtualizing the operating system environment and various input/output devices is a key component of consolidation. CAS Severn has formed a strong partnership with VMware to bring you state of the art consolidation for Intel. The knowledge gained from countless Virtual Machine implementations has provided our Engineering team with the experience to improve the utilization of your servers.