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What is this tech buzz word that we keep hearing called server virtualization?
Server virtualization is the masking of server resources, including the number and identity of individual physical servers, processors, and operating systems, from server users. The server administrator uses a software application to divide one physical server into multiple isolated virtual environments. The virtual environments are sometimes called virtual private servers, but they are also known as guests, instances, containers or emulations.

Alexandria Networks has partnered with VMWare to deliver the highest quality server and desktop virtualization products to our clients. Improve responsiveness to business needs with instant provisioning and dynamic optimization of application environments. Allow legacy systems to co-exist with new environments.

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VMware ESX Server is the foundation for building a dynamic, self-optimising data center. ESX Server abstracts processor, memory, storage and networking resources into multiple virtual machines, giving greater hardware utilisation and flexibility.

Production-proven at thousands of customers of all sizes, VMware ESX Server delivers the highest levels of performance and scalability.

• ESX Server installs on the bare metal and allows multiple unmodified operating systems and their applications to run in virtual machines that share physical resources
• Each virtual machine represents a complete system, with processors, memory, networking, storage and BIOS
• Advanced resource allocation policies for virtual machines allow you to guarantee resources to even your most resource-intensive applications

VMware VirtualCenter delivers for high levels of efficiency, automation, simplicity and security in managing a virtualised IT environment of any size. It allows for the rapid provision of virtual machines and the monitoring of performance of physical servers and virtual machines.

VirtualCenter intelligently optimises resources, ensuring high availability to all applications in virtual machines and makes the IT environment more responsive with virtualisation-based distributed services such as VMware DRS, VMware HA and VMware VMotion.

• Simplify the provisioning of new virtual machines with wizard-driven processes and templates that allow the deployment of new virtual machines
• Operational automation through task scheduling and alerting improves responsiveness to business needs and prioritises actions needing the most urgent attention
• Automate routine management tasks with task scheduling and alerting
• Monitor performance and utilisation of physical servers and the virtual machines they are running with detailed reporting of CPU, memory and I/O performance
• Limit access to authorised personnel using tiers of customisable roles, fine-grained permissions and integration with Microsoft Active Directory