As businesses grow and technologies evolve, system migrations become inevitable. This is evident in the fact that businesses invest a lot of time and finances into migrating data and application to new platforms.

Over the past few years, virtualization has become quite common among numerous organizations, transforming their existing technical infrastructure.

Physical to Virtual Migration

Hardware virtualization or P2V refers to the process of converting the physical server’s OS (Operating System), data, and applications to virtual machines.

The migration is done using software or composite solution tools that save the physical data as an image instance or a VM snapshot. The data is then reinstalled on the allocated storage space on the virtual machines using hypervisor VM tools.

P2V is commonly used for virtualization and server consolidation processes several physical servers are converted to run on a single physical server with several virtual server protocols.

Downtime Required For Migration

The larger an organization is, the more time it requires for the migration process. In some cases, it can take hours or days for the process to complete. Consequently, companies have to face some downtime which can affect their bottom line.

However, with the help of innovative tools and internally developed software, the downtime can be reduced or completely avoided. It all depends on how the migration process is conducted and whether the company has hired an external service provider for the process.

Advantages of Physical to Virtual Migration:

There are several benefits that a company can enjoy following a physical to virtual migration such as:

Future-Proofing –

Migrating from physical to virtual systems means that the company will be able to reduce the number of physical machines required for business operations. The low number of high-end servers can host a lot of virtual machines which means less maintenance and upgrade costs. The added environmental advantage will allow the business to grow organically and exponentially.

Improved Performance –

Under most circumstances, virtual machines are capable of taking over the mundane day-to-day tasks such as hosting a DB and serving files. This improves the performance of the organization with a better functioning system.

A Decrease in Physical Space Requirements –

P2V is the best way to reduce physical space requirements and avoid over-crowding the server room. Virtual machines are also capable of running on just about everything which means they are hardware independent and will save you a bundle on maintenance costs.

Easy Disaster Recovery –

Since the physical server runs on a virtual machine after migration, it makes it easier and less time-consuming to recover lost information following a disaster. All you need is another host machine which you can connect to the server, boot up, and continue running your operations!

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