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Published on: May 2008
Type of content: WHITE PAPER
Format: Adobe Acrobat (.pdf)
Length: 20 pages
Price: FREE

Overview:
Increasing reliance on eCommerce applications strain the infrastructures and programs that were designed and developed over a decade ago. One of the main challenges to achieving scalability and addressing throughput needs on eCommerce sites is the lost value: typically a 15% server utilization rate over a 24-hour period across hundreds of servers. This white paper shows how to use virtualization to create high availability eCommerce architectures that incorporate business drivers and IT challenges while addressing the following challenges:

•   Synchronization problems: increased complexity caused by the need to keep multiple instances in synch with application and infrastructure updates
•   Cycle of chronic inefficiency: isolated deployments and lack of predictability prevent the availability of the needed amount of capacity for each application
•   QoS risk: dedicating processing and memory resources to higher classes of customers ties up resources for other classes of customers