Lumen21 Consolidation services are a great way to identify
where your server, storage and network environment might
benefit from a server (heterogeneous or shared) or storage
consolidation. In many environments, consolidation can
bring significant cost savings and increased operational efficiencies– but the challenge is determining whether consolidation
is the right approach for your needs without a
large investment in up-front analysis. Lumen21 services
are designed to provide you with expert technical and cost
benefit analysis services early on in your consolidation effort
to determine where consolidation can benefit your organization
within a very short timeframe.
Lumen21 Consultants have extensive experience in enterprise
scale consolidation. Our consultant’s deep experience
in consolidation along with third party specific tools and
Lumen21’s Clear Vision Methodology helps them to deliver
the detailed, analytical data on your environment that
is essential to making the right consolidation
choices.
Key benefits that result from Lumen21 Consolidation
services include:
• Up-front assessment opportunities for consolidation.
• Objective, analytical results delivered through tools
and Clear Vision Methodology.
• Flexible approach to determine the best solution
for your needs --- leverages your existing hardware
investment or “scale-up” to enterprise-class servers.
• Identification of potential risks and pitfalls based on
our consolidation expertise.
• Last but not the least a detailed cost saving assessment
for your consolidation project.
Lumen21 offers Consolidation solutions to address a wide
range of challenges, including:
• Heterogeneous Windows server and application consolidation
(physical / logical).
• Database (SQL and Oracle) consolidation (physical / logical
/ data).
• Messaging consolidation (physical / logical).
• Storage consolidation (physical / logical / data).
• Network consolidation (physical).
The Lumen21 approach to consolidation is based on a joint
Lumen21 and client led project effort. Our consultants are
subject matter experts in business requirements gathering,
technical analysis, infrastructure subject knowledge, and
project management skills. Lumen21 service for consolidation
is approached through a discussion session with your
personnel and a scan of your enterprise environment to
gather technical, business constrains and financial data.
This process is comprised of a subject matter expert along
with couple of senior consultants on site.
This session includes presentations, demonstrations, and
white board discussions covering areas of focus such as:
Lumen21 consultants will present a formal report of our
findings and recommendations. The report will include:
• Recommended focus areas for consolidation effort
• High-level design of consolidated environment
• Detailed data on server/storage/network utilization and
characteristics collected during system scans
