Proving the Benefits of Deploying VMware ESX Server 3.5 on a Scalable Platform: Performance and Economic Advantages Using Unisys ES7000 Model 7405R Enterprise Server

Implementation of Virtual Machine (VM) technologies is an emerging trend and initial, small-scale deployments have demonstrated their ability to both improve server utilization and reduce management costs. As such, the next logical step is to employ virtualization in a centralized and disciplined fashion within production environments. But, doing so requires a different mindset and class of hardware. This white paper compares virtualized workload capacities between the scale-up Unisys ES7000 Model 7405R Enterprise Server and a scale-out enterprise server approach - providing valuable insight to those organizations that are considering taking virtualization to an enterprise class level.