How Vicom Infinity Identifies, Qualifies, Cost Justifies, & Sizes Server Consolidation Opportunities for Linux on System z

This presentation will show a methodology which can be used to size consolidation solutions to distributed server sprawl. The presentation will be in the form of a case study, and demonstrate two tools used to size a z/Linux consolidation solution. While these tools are proprietary, the emphasis of the presentation will be the methodology used by the tools and demonstrate how real utilization reports can be used to refine the accuracy of the sizing effort. In addition, this session will also demonstrate how to gain the interest from your C-Level Executives for Linux on System z under z/VM from a business, technical, and financial perspective using actual customer scenarios and situations.