Sprawl Avoidance or Forward Consolidation

Some organizations view server consolidation as a project-based effort. However, without continued diligence, server sprawl occurs and again threatens the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of data centers.

Sprawl Avoidance, or Forward Consolidation, is the practice of finding a place for a new application within existing infrastructure rather than purchasing a new server, effectively “sponging” up excess capacity in an environment over time.

CiRBA can quickly audit applications within a staging environment, and compare their workloads and setting requirements to the existing server environment to find a complementary configuration and workload that could accept the new application.

As part of an overall application deployment process, this step ensures that new hardware is purchased only when all other options are exhausted.

In some organizations, where there is resistance to consolidation as a specific project, Forward Consolidation represents a more gradual path to better infrastructure utilization.

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