Ciscos Virtualization Business Agility Business Risk Power Space
Cisco’s Virtualization Business Agility Business Risk Power Space Cooling Jim Robshaw IT Director – Cisco Systems October 2009 Cisco Confidential Copyright © 2008 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 1
The Cisco Data Center Reality § 3 Major Issues Power Space Cooling Production Data Center Business Agility Cisco Confidential Copyright © 2008 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 2
Virtualization Design Phases § Consolidate Optimize Data Center Resources Increase Resource Utilization § Virtualize Virtual Resource Pools Increase Availability and Agility § Automate Adaptive Orchestration Rapid Delivery of Services Cisco Confidential Copyright © 2008 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 3
Why? - Server Virtualization § Data Center Server Consolidation Improve Operational Agility Lower Data Center Operating Expense § Increase Utilization of Physical Servers Optimize TCO Improve Data Center Capacity Management § Reduce Service Provisioning Times Rapid deployment of Operational Services § Increase Operational Efficiencies Support of Environments Zero down time Operations Cisco Confidential Copyright © 2008 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 4
Cisco Virtualization – Financial Results Over $20. 4 M in Total Cost Avoidance To Date! Improved Server utilization from 8% to 65% Cisco Confidential Copyright © 2008 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 5
Thank You! Jim Robshaw jrobshaw@cisco. com Cisco Confidential Copyright © 2008 Cisco Systems, Inc. All rights reserved. 6
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