Cost Drives Server Virtualization Adoption

CommVault has recently revealed the results of its end-user virtualization survey, geared toward finding the key factors behind server virtualization worldwide. As noted in this report on Network World, one of the survey's major findings was that the top three factors that spurred the adoption of server virtualization solutions is the need to reduce business expenditures and increase efficiency, increase customer responsiveness, and boost service levels.

"The top three challenges to using virtualized server networks, on the other hand, were the inability to back up virtual machines (VMs) reliably; an increase in administrative time and resource costs; and a boost as well in demand for corporate-wide virtualization.

"Despite these challenges, however, the survey reported a rise in the adoption of server virtualization solutions. Forty-six per cent of the respondents said that between 51 and 85 per cent of their servers were virtualized, whereas 21 per cent said almost all their servers, if not all their servers, were virtualized. Seventy-seven per cent of the respondents said they were running mission-critical applications on VMs, and 36 per cent also claimed to be generating between one and five terabytes of data via their VMs."

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