Top Ten Reasons To Consolidate Data Centers
The top ten reasons to consolidate data centers - priorities and impact of course vary from company to company.
- Cost Reduction – there are several areas where this is the case:
- Real Estate – elimination of redundant unused space;
- Real Estate – move data center(s) to cheaper space;
- Operational Staff Reductions.
- Service Level Improvement – opportunity to centralize, automate and standardize processes, etc. leading to service time improvements.
- Data Protection Improvement – simplify backup/recovery, disaster recovery and/or business continuity processes.
- Physical Security Improvement – elimination of multiple physical environments.
- Facility Upgrade Opportunity – newer, more stable infrastructure with built-in redundancy.
- Architecture Improvements – improvements in network architecture will lead to improved flexibility and improved performance.
- Application Portfolio Rationalization – elimination of redundant applications;
- Resource Pooling – consolidation of storage, network and computing sets the stage for virtualization and the benefits of resource sharing;
- Energy Conservation – opportunity to improve energy use (cooling and electricity);
- Growth Constraint Elimination – consolidation can be used to eliminate cooling, electricity and space constraints;