Virtual Technologies

Server virtualisation allows you to consolidate your server hardware into one or more physical servers running virtual server software. This brings tremendous advantages in terms of system deployment & recoverability, power consumption, heat reduction to name a few - oh and cost !

As an example, Konnexion have installed a Dell Poweredge 1900, dual Xeon, 12Gb ram running Windows 2003 Server X64 R2. The physical hardware (Host) is running Exchange 2007 (Exchange 2007 requires a 64bit OS & hardware) and is a member server in the konnexion.local Active Directory domain.

With Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 Enterprise R2 installed we are able to install 4 Guest operating systems as follows ..

Server1 - Trend Micro Officescan & Interscan Viruswall

Server2 - System Centre Essentials (RC)

Server3 - Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2007 (MOSS2007). The SQL2005 database for MOSS2007 is hosted on physical hardware (the DC)

Workstation1 - Running a legacy OS & applications not yet compatible with Vista - Windows XP Professional, Intuit QuickBooks & Ameol offline reader for CIX.

So, to summarise, in one physical server we have the equivalent of 5 computers. All servers/workstations are visible on the network and can be accessed using Microsoft Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP)

Please contact Konnexion to discuss your Virtual Server requirements or see the products in action.