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Welch Foods: Out of a Jam with Virtualization
By David F. Carr
2006-04-06

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Welch Foods: Saving Time Through Virtualization

Scenario: Welch Foods, based in Concord, Mass., receives a request to deploy a new but fairly standard server to one of its remote locations, such as its Grandview, Wash., plant. Here is how the company potentially saves time by using server virtualization.

Without Virtualization	Time	With Virtualization	Time
Procure the server.	2 to 4 weeks	Copy complete image of software environment,both application and operating system, onto remote VMware server. Tweak configuration as necessary and go live with application.	Less than 1 hour
Configure operating system. Install and configure applications.	4 to 6 hours	Not necessary
Ship server cross-country.	1 to 3 days	Not necessary	Not applicable
TOTAL TIME	16 to 32 days	TOTAL TIME	Less than 1 hour

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