MinistryTech Session 2
Jason Powell
Information Technology Director
Granger Community Church – 90 staff and Personnel
Pre-Virtual
180 clients, 13 servers (on server and desktop hardware)
Challenges:
Limited Capital for Server Deployment
Server Sprawl … on workstation hardware
PowerEdge Servers were under utilized
Server Management
Disaster Recovery
Rack Space, Power, A/C
Need a solution that would allow agility
Vmware Server
Free
Convert Physical to Virtual
Multiple purposes isolated from each other on the same hardware.
Improved Disaster Recovery
Snapshots
Fast and Simple Deploying of new servers
Great for a Testing bed
“Bad stuff”- Its so easy to bring a new server online – licensing
“Bad Stuff” – drive space
DEMO
“I had some memory issues with my laptop but I didn’t have my screwdrivers to fix my laptop since I couldn’t take them on the plane since I might stab someone in the throat with them.” – Jason Powell