1. Virtualization and Server Growth in a SIS Shawn Geil, Washburn University

2. Agenda Where We Were Why Upgrade Why Virtualization Selection Process What We Selected Lessons Learned Enhancements What’s Next

3. Where We Were Old Hardware ◦ IBM pSeries ◦ Sun SPARC ◦ Dell Intel systems Firewall Roadblock

4. Why Upgrade? New Banner Module Performance Maintenance Costs Reduce Hardware/OS count Datacenter Space Environmental Limits Expanded Test Facility

5. Why Virtualization? Flexibility Resource Utilization ◦ Capacity ◦ Space Expandability

6. Selection Process Design Decisions x86 vs. Power vs. SPARC ◦ Skill Set ◦ Licensing Costs Storage Fabric Network Infrastructure Vendor Services Time

7. What We Selected IBM POWER6 System IBM xSeries Intel 64-bit Systems IBM HS Series Intel 64-bit Blades IBM DS3x00 Storage VMWare Enterprise Cisco ASA firewalls Second Phase ◦ Sun 5220 System ◦ Sun 2540 Storage

8. Lesson’s Learned Ask Questions!!!! Performance ◦ OS ◦ Storage ◦ Application Server Growth Storage Growth Operational Savings Security Concerns Operational Processes Spend Your Time Wisely!!!!

9. Enhancements Since Implementation Additional Memory Additional xSeries 3850 Expanded Storage

10. What’s Next VMWare 4 Upgrade Re-Engineer Storage Re-Engineer Network DR/BC