The use of virtualization technology is usually the first and most important step companies can take to create energy-efficient and green data centers. Virtualization is the most promising technology to address both the issues of IT resource utilization and facilities space, power and cooling utilization. IT virtualization, along with cloud computing, is the key to energy-efficienct, flexible and green data centers. Here, Knowledge Center contributor John Lamb describes the concept of IT virtualization and indicates the significant impact that IT virtualization has on improving data center energy efficiency.
– The most significant step most organizations can make in moving to green data centers is to implement virtualization for their IT data center devices. The IT devices include servers, data storage, and clients or desktops used to support the data center. There is also a virtual IT world of the future…