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Data center virtualization can unlock a myriad of efficiency benefits for IT infrastructures that include cost savings, scalability and the ability to recover from disasters. To maximize these benefits, IT teams must implement the best practices and use carefully selected tools. This collection of IT-infra whitepapers is focused on the main elements required to create and manage a modern virtual data center that is available as well as flexible and secure.

Virtualization allows multiple virtual machines to run on one physical hardware. This reduces the number of servers needed. This reduces the amount of equipment needed, leading to a reduction in cooling, hardware, and power costs, as well as maintenance costs. It also allows for better utilization of resources, which can be an enormous benefit to companies that want to reduce their environmental footprint. VMs can also be separated from each in order that a failure of one VM does not impact other VMs or the hardware used in the underlying. This provides a level of security for sensitive information. Scalability is also a possibility since adding or deletion of VMs without the need to purchase new hardware can be performed quickly. This allows companies to adjust to changes in workload requirements and to a dynamic technological environment with ease.