Infrastructure Resource Analysis

Infrastructure Resource Analysis > Business issues

For many organisations, much of the server and storage infrastructure is poorly utilised and not exploited to the full extent of its capability. Would you be satisfied if just 5% of your company fleet was operational or the vast majority of your office space left empty and unused? And yet this is typically what we find in the assessment services that we provide for our clients.

Windows servers are typically vastly under-utilised (Linux and Unix too, to a lesser extent) and techniques such as consolidation and technologies such as virtualisation can reduce the need for capital expenditure and simplify their daily operational management.

Too few organisations have a clear view on just how many servers are in use, what they are doing, what storage capacity is configured but not allocated to servers, or simply not used at all.

Worse still, without an understanding of what is in use and how the growth has taken place, it is natural to find a lack of capacity planning and so every shortfall of infrastructure resource then becomes a management crisis.

Infrastructure Resource Analysis > The Anix Service

This situation need never arise as management tools exist, along with experienced and accredited architects, to provide the analysis and assessment that you need.

Anix provides the ability to discover your server and storage devices, assess exactly what CPU and memory is in use and understand where disk capacity is not in use and where spare storage can be found. This is accompanied with assessment report from a consultant who understands your business objectives.

Anix’s real-world, pragmatic advice and guidance will enable you to develop a clear strategy and make the informed decisions necessary for supporting your business.

Infrastructure Resource Analysis > Key benefits

• Understand the extent of your server and storage infrastructure
• Identify under-utilised components
• Remove waste and exploit the potential of your current investment
• Ensure you are receiving the data needed to provide capacity planning
• Make informed decisions for setting your infrastructure strategy