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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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Projects: Networks/Storage 
