Reclaim VM Storage; Improve VM Performance
mmXcellence's WasteFinder service, utilising VizionCore vOptimiser solutions, is a powerful freeware product designed to scan through VMware vCenter Servers (formerly Virtual Center) to locate over/poorly allocated virtual storage and misaligned Virtual Machines (VMs). The WasteFinder Space and Alignment Report provides totals of wasted storage and also a potential savings estimate if the space is reclaimed.
This unique storage optimization solution allows organizations to determine whether they are wasting expensive storage assets, to locate which VMs will yield the best storage reclamation results, and to discover how much money they are really spending on unused virtual storage. Potential savings estimates are calculated using customer provided storage costs and free space requirements to ensure accuracy.
Most organisations suffer from improperly aligned VMs, and experience sifgnificantly decreased I/O throughput and higher latency. The WasteFinder solutions also locates all VMs that are not properly aligned on 64K partition boundaries.
Once you have identified your potential saving mmXcellence recommends vOptimizer Pro from Vizioncore to quickly and easily reclaim wasted virtual storage and to align VMs to proper 64K partition boundaries, and maintain the environment ongoing. this allows you not only to achieve the savings initially but to further enhance and maintain the savings you have obtained, whilst retaining closer operational control of your storage environment.
vOptimizer Pro is the only available storage optimization solution that finds and reclaims over-allocated VM storage and then realigns 64K partitions to optimize VM performance
First, vOptimizer Pro scans through vCenter Servers/ESX Hosts and individual VMs looking for and then adding up over-allocated VM storage. Companies can instantly see just how much wasted virtual storage they have accumulated and how much money they could save if they could reclaim this storage. Potential storage savings estimates are generated from customer entered information including storage costs and desired VM free space.
Next, vOptimizer Pro right-sizes (shrinks) VMs to reclaim the over-allocated storage. This automated process enables customers to use their existing storage more efficiently and cost-effectively. Also, vOptimizer Pro can locate and fix (enlarge) VMs that are running out of storage - effectively preventing painful and costly VM outages.
Finally, vOptimizer Pro can now perform Windows 64K partition alignments to the newly sized VMs. This patent pending process increases I/O throughput and reduces latency. This 64k partition alignment operation can significantly improve VM performance.
vOptimizer Pro is a unique solution that enables companies to quickly increase storage utilization, improve overall VM storage performance, and substantially lower storage acquisition costs
If you want to find out more about how we can help you improve your IT systems or services please contact us via email here or call us on 0845 0944490.
