For those of you participating (or just wanting to follow along) in the discussion about the direction for our datacenter(s):

I have added new content to the wiki under the “Internal Considerations” link, including a document that provides the most detailed estimate to date on how virtualizing servers can save the University money, even after accounting for SAN and VMware licensing costs.

There is also updated content in many other areas, including the proposed implementation framework (under ‘Transition Plan”). Please read through the documents and wiki updates and post any comments you may have.

The desired outcome of Friday’s meeting is:

• to gain consensus that moving forward with implementation will be in the best interest of both UIS and ITS.
• Adopt the framework shown under the Transition Plan section for phased implementation (or some agreed-upon variation of it).
• List next steps to be taken with targeted completion dates.

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