Plan - Developing a Comprehensive Strategy to Optimize Your Datacenter

Creating a Custom Solution

Okay, your company has a detailed assessment of what works and what needs some additional assistance. Now what do you do? Again, turn to Great Lakes Computer – we can help plan the perfect solution for your computing environment based on your current infrastructure and detailed assessment combined with the newest technological advances. Our dedicated solution engineers will work with your current IT infrastructure and IT staff to create a comprehensive plan. Utilizing your existing network technology with the indicated hardware and software from your IT assessment will provide a boost to your computing power and thus, your network speed. However, additional assistance may be required and Great Lakes Computer Professional Services Organization can help make your datacenter even more productive and manageable.

Server Integration Planning

New system integration for an existing datacenter requires in-depth planning on how the new equipment will work with your existing servers. Great Lakes Computer provides flexibility by assisting with either rack mount or blade server integration planning. System integration is an intricate process, since if you supplement your current infrastructure with additional servers that won't work properly with your existing equipment you won’t be fully utilizing your hardware capacity. As a result, it is important to remember when you add HP, IBM, Dell, EqualLogic, or LeftHand storage that you will need to check their compatibility with your existing servers and storage. With these issues in mind, proper planning can make the transition to a new server environment less hectic as well as preventing outages to your production environment.

Network Upgrades

The continued increases in networking speed, performance, and capabilities make network upgrades a viable solution for many data center infrastructure issues.  To ensure the best possible fit, a comprehensive IT infrastructure strategy is crucial when developing these data center solutions. Proper planning is particularly important when adding additional Cisco or Juniper network equipment to make sure that your new equipment will communicate effectively with your current network topology. As a Juniper Elite partner, Great Lakes Computer ensure that these issues and more are taken care of with both the networking skills and certifications to help plan your network upgrade.

VMware Implementation

Much like network upgrades, a successful VMware implementation also requires a great deal of planning to ensure that your datacenter virtualization doesn’t negatively impact your production environment. Companies of any size can take advantage of the server virtualization benefits that VMware software provides including increased server utilization, ease of management, and better overall production efficiency. Additionally, server virtualization, desktop virtualization, and disaster recovery plans can be custom fit to suit the specific needs of your organization. Dedicated to providing the right implementation plan, Great Lakes Computer Professional Service Organization has certified VMware professionals ready to make virtualization.