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Solution Risk: 3 – Medium Risk
This solution is suitable for Early Adopters
This solution is suitable for Early Adopters
Description: Migrate virtual machines in real-time, without interruption, to create maintenance windows, balance loads or protect against imminent hardware failureRisk Components: Complexity, new skills, interoperability
Next Inflection: Low risk/mainstream in 36 months or more
Expected ROI: 12 months
Pitfalls: Possible downtime during migration because of failure of live-migration software; Increased network and security complexity
Vendors: Microsoft, SWSoft, VMWare, Virtual Iron, XenSource
New Skills: Virtual Networking; virtual security; managing virtual machines and physical machines in a mixed environment;
Related Technologies: SAN, NAS, blade servers, provisioning software, patch management, global server load balancing; WAN routing and optimization
Order Solution Briefing Paper “Live-Migration for Maintenance and Load Balancing” for additional information such as:Full analysis of the solution ROI/TCO calculations Best practices and recommendations Pitfalls Vendor ratings and feature matrix Skills and training requirements Peer recommendations Case studiesContact sales@nemertes.com [2] for more information.