virtualisation

Disaster Recovery made easy: Server replication technologies available for virtual environments allow for the creation of complete server snapshots, which include all of your business data. The benefit of delivering Disaster Recovery in this way is that, should the worst happen, the recovery process copies full server snapshots to the replacement hardware rather than just raw data. This greatly increases the speed with which you can be fully-operational and reduces the amount of engineering time required to recover your environment.

Reduce your future IT costs: Consolidating multiple virtual server instances on to one piece of hardware will reduce your power consumption, noise levels and cooling requirements.

If any of the following questions apply to you, then virtualisation may be the answer:

I'm already running two servers but, if one goes down, that function (potentially the core business server) is lost for a considerable time while it gets repaired or replaced. Why can't the other server be used to pick up the workload in the meantime and keep my system fully operational?
It can with virtualisation and, what's more, taylorcocks IT can offer it at a cost that suits smaller IT budgets.

My software vendor insists that I run their application on a standalone server or workstation but I don't want to buy and run another piece of hardware, is there another way?
Yes, it's called virtualisation.

How can I minimize the time it takes to recover from a complete loss of my IT system?
By using the server replication technologies available with virtualisation.

If any of the benefits described above are of interest to you then please contact us and we'll be delighted to explain more.

Further reading...
If you would like to know more about the technology then you can follow the link to the vmware website, below.

Initially, the purpose of server virtualisation was to improve the utilisation of hardware, but as this technology has matured it has brought more significant benefits. Now, the real power of virtualisation is in a dynamic environment where you have to react more quickly, be more agile, and have rapid and reliable disaster recovery.

If you believe you could benefit from any of the following, then the taylorcocks IT small business virtualisation solution could be for you:

• A flexible IT system designed to cope easily and quickly with change and growth
• The cost effective delivery of business continuity and disaster recovery
• Using fewer physical machines, meaning lower running costs and less storage space

At taylorcocks IT we have developed an enterprise-level solution at an affordable cost to small and medium sized businesses, which delivers all of the above and more. It's an example of something we can offer that the majority of our competitors do not and we deliver it whilst always keeping the client's needs in mind.

We're well aware that the world of IT can be a minefield. Our aim is to filter out irrelevant information, concentrate on providing a solution tailored to the client's individual needs and to create an environment where the client has total confidence in us.

What is virtualisation?

Leverage the computing power available in even entry level servers - correctly specified modern servers have enough computing power to deliver more than one server to the business. For example get your Small Business server or file server, terminal server and SQL server all running on just one piece of hardware yet preserve their independence

Why chose virtualisation?

You need your IT environment to adapt or grow with changes to your business. Make the delivery of a new server for a new function a matter of simply copying and configuring a template with no further hardware investment. Need a phone system server? No problem, have it available for the software install within the hour.

Deliver business continuity with the use of just two physical machines. All of your server functions can run on just one of these machines leaving the second as a standby. Following the loss of the primary machine, your whole system can be back up and running within the hour, vastly reducing the amount of downtime.