The document summarizes a web event about maximizing virtualization return on investment (ROI) in dynamic data centers. It discusses challenges of virtual infrastructure management and the three stages of virtualization adoption. It promotes the BalancePoint solution for providing cross-domain visibility and analytics to optimize performance, plan infrastructure capacity, manage service levels, and ensure ROI through efficiency gains. A demonstration of BalancePoint's features is given and typical ROI outcomes are cited.

1. Maximizing Virtualization ROI in the Dynamic Data Center A Consonus Web Event Thursday, 20 May 2010

2. Today’s Speakers Dave Monty Director of Sales Operations dave.monty@consonus.com (919) 379-8436 Stan Yarbrough Senior IT Consultant stan.yarbrough@consonus.com (704) 357-2722 Lee Kaminski Director of Product Management lkaminski@akorri.com (978) 431-1200

3. About Consonus Data Centers Data Center Efficiency IT Consulting Disaster Recovery Managed Services Data Protection IT Infrastructure VIrtualization Energy Efficiency Cloud Computing 99.995% Availability World-Class Technical Support and Customer Service

4. Virtualization Challenges Poor utilization of IT infrastructure elements Virtualization limited to consolidation, not optimization Generated accelerated storage growth Intensified backup problems A more complex environment poses management challenges

5. Challenges:Virtual Infrastructure Management Virtual Environments often are just as complex or even more complex than traditional environments to manage Virtual Sprawl Another layer of complexity it added to Cross-functional coordination Disruption in established IT lifecycle management processes: Troubleshooting takes longer Capacity Planning becomes less reliable Performance Optimization involves too many variables Service Level Management is guesswork due to lack of baseline metrics

7. Databases

8. CRM systems

10. Heterogeneity

11. Multiple virtualization layers

13. Visibility and control across app, network, servers, storage

14. Virtual and physical

16. Some email

17. Web servers

18. CRM systems

20. VM sprawl

21. Limited visibility

22. Performance issues

23. Silos

25. Virtual and physical

26. Performance , utilization

28. Test & Dev apps

29. DNS, domain controllers

31. Migration

32. Consolidation

35. Visibility Challenges Existing tools are domain specific VMware and Microsoft have adequate VM management tools. Server management tools are vendor specific Storage utilization tools are storage vendor specific Limited integration of tools throughout the environment

36. BalancePoint Cross Domain Integrated with vCenter Agentless Support for major storage, server, and hypervisor platforms

37. Troubleshoot Application Contention Analysis Measure and Model an Application’s System Performance Infrastructure Response Time (IRT) VM CPU Efficiency

38. Optimize Performance Optimizing VM Densities with Performance Index What’s the optimal size of the VM for the app? Quickly Identify Configuration and Capacity Issues

39. Plan Virtual Infrastructure Quickly view available host CPU and memory Capacity Optimization for Clustered IT Servers Accurately Forecast Capital Expenditures

40. Maximize IT InfrastructureTune Application Requirements and Optimize Performance Over-provisioning resources wastes money Under-provisioning impacts performance Allows optimization of the number of VMs per server Allows optimization of the size of each VM per application Unique and patented analytics expose inefficiencies and determine an Optimal Point Reports Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) at the data center level

41. Manage Service Levels Predict and Manage Infrastructure Service Manage Performance and Capacity Assure Service Levels on Virtual Infrastructure

42. BalancePoint® Demonstration

43. Cross-Domain Analytics

47. Q & A

48. Further Reading (click to download) Virtualization Performance ManagementWEB CONTENT Capacity Management to Help Maximize Virtualization ROI in the Dynamic Data CenterDATA SHEET The Secret to Maximizing Virtualization ROI in the Dynamic Data CenterWHITE PAPER BalancePoint: A Virtual IntroductionVIDEO Consonus and Akorri Partner to Improve Virtualization ROINEWS RELEASE

49. Thank you Dave Monty Director of Sales Operations dave.monty@consonus.com (919) 379-8436 Stan Yarbrough Senior IT Consultant stan.yarbrough@consonus.com (704) 357-2722 Consonus Technologies www.consonus.com (877) 284-8478