Key IT and Business Benchmarks for Managing Virtual Infrastructure

This IDC study provides actionable advice and benchmarks to enable IT organizations to make better business and technology decisions as they relate to managing virtual infrastructure.

"Enterprise IT organizations must consider the management cost of virtualization and invest in solutions and processes to garner greater cost savings through benchmarking," stated Stephen Elliot, research manager, Enterprise Systems Management Software. "We advise IT organizations that they should expect an average ratio of server administration staff to virtual images of 1:200. Organizations that benchmark will save more money and have more efficient infrastructure performance."