Virtualizing Tier 1 Applications on Converged Infrastructure

Server virtualization is one of the fastest adopted technologies in datacenter history, becoming the overwhelming default build for servers in just a little more than a decade. Customers aggressively moved virtualization from test and development (test and dev) workloads to production workloads. Today, most of the remaining workloads to be virtualized are mission-critical tier 1 workloads. These workloads are challenging from a performance and availability point of view, but the efficiency and agility benefits from virtualization are as compelling as ever. Successful virtualization of these applications requires a holistic approach that addresses the entire stack — from hardware to system software to management.