Many business-critical application servers are not being virtualized because of resource allocation challenges: too few resources can cause bottlenecks that lead to performance problems and downtime, but too many resources drives up the cost per virtual machine and prevent future projects from moving forward. This white paper reviews an approach that eliminates performance and financial risks to provide a level of confidence necessary to take the data center from 15-20 percent virtualized to 70-100 percent. Read on to learn how IT staffs can gain 20-30 percent performance and utilization efficiencies and do the following:

Reduce performance problems

Meet all service-level agreements

Streamline costs and deliver faster ROIs

Validate operability and performance before implementing changes