A. Microsoft offers a nice ROI tool to help calculate money saved by virtualizing your server infrastructure, both from a power and hardware cost. Select the "Register for full assessment" link for the Server Energy Savings Calculator. You can then specify information about the number of servers you have today, expected growth, and consolidation ratio, and the site will provide cost estimates of the savings, in addition to your reduced footprint on the environment.
A. Microsoft has a nice ROI tool to help calculate money saved by virtualizing your server infrastructure, both from a power and hardware cost. The tool is available at http://www.microsoft.com/environment/greenit/. Select the "Register for full assessment" link for the Server Energy Savings Calculator. You can then specify information about the number of servers you have today, expected growth, and consolidation ratio, and the site will provide cost estimates of the savings, in addition to your reduced footprint on the environment.
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