Novell Open Enterprise Server 2

Virtualization

Jeff Jaffe discusses Open Enterprise Server 2 +

Documentation: NetWare Virtual Machines +

Virtualization is taking data centers by storm, creating new levels of flexibility and agility at a lower total cost of ownership. Using virtualization, you can consolidate applications and services with confidence, running them unmodified with near native performance on fully virtualized servers.

Consolidate Servers and Cut Costs

With Novell Open Enterprise Server 2, you can run NetWare® 6.5 as a paravirtualized guest operating system on SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server. As a paravirtualized guest operating system, NetWare has been enhanced to recognize that it's running as a virtual machine for optimal performance on the latest hardware.

Increase Utilization

Virtualizing NetWare on Novell Open Enterprise Server opens up some very profitable server consolidation possibilities. On today's high-end hardware, NetWare rarely comes close to reaching full CPU utilization. But now you can take advantage of under-utilized hardware by having a single machine host two, three or more NetWare servers without affecting performance. This can deliver significant savings on hardware costs, rack space, cooling requirements and power requirements.

With Novell Open Enterprise Server 2 and new virtualization technologies, tomorrow's enterprise has finally arrived. You can increase utilization, decrease hardware and management costs and increase productivity while achieving unprecedented flexibility and scalability in your data center.

Talk to us today about the next generation of Novell Open Enterprise Server. +