Virtual Infrastructure FastStart

Organisations everywhere are keen to realise the benefits of server virtualisation – as a means of regaining control and dramatically reducing the Total Cost of Ownership of their growing proliferation of Wintel servers. However server virtualisation represents a paradigm shift in the way that applications are deployed and subsequently maintained, with interdependencies on the organisation’s underlying infrastructure – storage, LAN, WAN etc. In order to insure against the pitfalls inherit in the deployment of any new technology and accelerate time-to-adoption, it is vital that organisations take advantage of the skills and experience available from seasoned VMware Authorised Consultants.

The Virtual Infrastructure – FastStart service is an ‘Alpha Rapid Deployment Service’, aimed at accelerating a customer’s adoption of VMware VI3 through knowledge transfer - delivered through an interactive Proof-of-Concept workshop.

The engagement includes implementation of a ‘production-ready’ Virtual Infrastructure, consisting of two VMware ESX Servers and a vCenter Management Server, together with a knowledge transfer workshop that considers architectural ‘best practices’ for: implementation, configuration and management of VI3 components.

Deliverables

• An interactive Proof-of-Concept workshop, focusing on Virtual Infrastructure architecture, administration and operations. 
• Best practices and knowledge transfer. 
• A tailored Proof-of-Concept environment of up to two ESX Server nodes and one Virtual Center Management Server

Benefits

• Understand the benefits and cost savings of migrating to a Virtual Infrastructure. 
• Understand the approach and resources required to implement and manage a Virtual Infrastructure. 
• Implementation of a ‘Proof-of-Concept’ for Virtual Infrastructure, consisting of two VMware ESX Hosts and Virtual Center Server 
• Accelerate time-to-deployment of your Virtual Infrastructure. 
• Mitigate risk by leveraging experienced consultants and proven best practices.

Pricing and Scope

• Up to 3 days onsite – dependent upon scope. 
• Installation of up to two ESX Servers and one Virtual Center Server. 
•  Price: tbc, dependent upon scope

Prerequisites

• VMware ESX Server and VirtualCenter supported hardware and operating system environment. 
• Minimum of 60GB of local and available storage, support for NAS, iSCSI or SAN storage. 
• Conference room facilities with projector.

For further information on this service please contact us using the Contact Form or Call Free on 0800 112 3282.