Cost-Benefit Analysis of Datacenter Consolidation Using Virtualization

Author

Deka, Ganesh Chandra

Author_Institution

Minist. of Labor & Employment, India

Volume

16

Issue

6

fYear

2014

fDate

Nov.-Dec. 2014

Firstpage

54

Lastpage

62

Abstract

The objectives of datacenter consolidation are cost reduction and superior services. A datacenter consolidation plan includes minimizing investments in IT infrastructure and buildings and reducing power consumption related to cooling. Such a process requires scalable planning and implementation. Virtualization is the most popular and cost-effective technology for datacenter consolidation. In this article, the author runs a cost-benefit analysis of virtualization and datacenter consolidation using the Global Virtual datacenter online calculator and VMware´s ROI CO ((for) return on investment/total cost of ownership) calculator version 3.0.

Keywords

computer centres; cooling; cost-benefit analysis; power aware computing; power consumption; virtual machines; virtualisation; Global Virtual datacenter online calculator; VMware ROI CO calculator version 3.0; cooling; cost-benefit analysis; datacenter consolidation; power consumption; return on investment; total cost of ownership; virtualization; Cost benefit analysis; Data centers; Database management; Power demand; Virtualization; IT resources; data consolidation; datacenter; green computing; information technology; power efficiency; virtual datacenter; virtualization;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

IT Professional

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1520-9202

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MITP.2014.89

Filename

6964984