{"id":397,"date":"2019-03-01T18:02:49","date_gmt":"2019-03-01T18:02:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/linxnet.com.ng\/blog\/?p=397"},"modified":"2019-03-01T18:09:53","modified_gmt":"2019-03-01T18:09:53","slug":"ways-to-reduce-cost-of-acquiring-servers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/linxnet.com.ng\/blog\/ways-to-reduce-cost-of-acquiring-servers\/","title":{"rendered":"Ways to Reduce Cost of Acquiring Servers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-269 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/linxnet.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/remote-network-monitoring2-300x209.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/linxnet.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/remote-network-monitoring2-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/linxnet.com.ng\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/remote-network-monitoring2.jpg 415w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>IT organizations are continually challenged to reduce costs of on-premises server infrastructures, in that regards, we have mapped out ways to reduce the cost of acquiring servers.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<section class=\"FPOverview\">\n<section>\n<h3>Key Challenges<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"bullets-yes\">\n<li>\n<div class=\"para \">even though their is increases in the use of public cloud and integrated systems, server hardware spending remains a significant part of the IT budget.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"para \">Transparent pricing and price drops by IaaS cloud vendors are adding pressure on infrastructure and operations (I&amp;O) leaders to show cost reductions in on-premises infrastructure.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"para \">Due to higher commoditization and lower vendor margins, it is increasingly difficult to obtain server cost reductions simply by negotiating for higher discounts from seller<\/div>\n<div class=\"para \"><span style=\"font-size: 1.0625rem;\">\u00a0WAYS TO REDUCE THE COST<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"Recommendations\">\n<div class=\"para \">I&amp;O leaderstasked with infrastructure modernization while pursuing cost optimization goals for server infrastructure should:<\/div>\n<ul class=\"bullets-yes\">\n<li>\n<div class=\"para \">Reduce server prices by selecting processors with better price\/performance, using lower-cost memory configurations and deploying next-generation solid-state drives (SSDs).<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"para \">Improve asset life cycle management to get more work out of existing servers by adding memory to existing virtualization hosts, extending server life cycles to five or more years and using third-party maintenance (TPM).<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"para \">Increase discounts by standardizing on three to five server configurations, using lower-cost vendors and utilizing the secondary market.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<div class=\"para \">Avoid buying new servers altogether by eliminating underutilized servers in Mode 1 operations, and by adopting containers in Mode 2 operations.<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/section>\n<p>Contact <a href=\"http:\/\/www.datacabling.linxnet.com.ng\/contact.html\">Linx Networks Ltd<\/a> For your data cabling project, Do you have a project or would like to deploy a new server, contact Linx Networks Ltd for your <a href=\"http:\/\/www.datacabling.linxnet.com.ng\/\">Server,Networks and structured cabling <\/a>systems<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"Introduction\"><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; 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