Ravello Analytics

  •  Rethink server refresh...

  • Turn 25-60% annual server performance gains into lower total compute costs.
  • Use higher capacity, low-cost servers to continuously consolidate and consume less higher cost software, energy, and data center space.
  • Ravello reduces total compute costs by 30-50%.

  •  Virtualization enables... Provisioning Styles

  • Servers organized into compute resource pools.
  • Pools that can be "optimally" refreshed.
  • Less costly licensing & strategic capacity strategies.
  • Optimal Refresh = Continuous Consolidation!

  •  How it works... Refresh Matrix

  • More frequent refreshes with better servers.
  • A matrix illustrates possible add/replace strategies.
  • Which add/replace mix is the lowest cost?
  • Ravello finds the least-cost strategy!

  •  Ravello enables...

  • Optimally calculated server refresh strategies for pools.
  • Accurate forecasts of future software license requirements.
  • Integrated capacity, licensing, and financial strategies – ITIL best practice.
  • Permanently lower software license, energy, and space costs!

Compute Service Planning

To minimize compute TCO, workloads with distinct software stacks (and licensing models) actually require unique server refresh strategies by server pool. With virtualization, a one-size-fits-all refresh strategy unwittingly leads to far higher compute TCO.

The optimal time to refresh a pool can now be calculated, varies from 1-5 years, and reduces total compute costs by 30-50%.

No need for educated guesses or old-school TCO models. Only Ravello delivers SaaS-based optimization tools and know-how to guide your team to permanent, ongoing cost reductions in your server farms.

Learn how to capture higher ROI from strategic compute service planning.

The Right Information to Take Action

Data visibility is good. Having a first-rate answer at your fingertips is even better.

Ravello accelerates cost savings and efficiency at the time server and software infrastructure decisions are made: when supplier contracts are defined and financial commitments signed:

  • When and how should a server pool be refreshed?
  • What type of server is optimal for a pool?
  • Where should new servers be added and existing servers cost-effectively redeployed?
  • How many licenses are needed... and in 2 or 3 years?
  • How should an ELA be structured?

Turn Complexity into Easy

No need for lengthy cost studies or software installs.

Ravello's SaaS-based tools achieve more savings with far less effort. Easily analyze server pools from different perspectives, share data and models, and coordinate team actions through asset life cycles:

  • Strategic capacity planning.
  • Consolidation analysis and planning.
  • Service design and system architecture.
  • Software procurement and license management.
  • Server supply-chain management.
  • Service cost, price, and risk management.