Mar 04 2013

Virtual Servers Pave the Road to Recovery

An Oregon county bounces back from disaster, reduces costs and improves efficiency with virtualization.

For more information on Baker County's virtualization technology, read the StateTech feature story "Baker County Relies on Virtualization in Its Recovery from a Devastating Flood."

Video Highlights

  • After its government building flooded, Baker County, Oregon, implemented server virtualization using VMware VSphere to improve its disaster recovery capabilities.
  • Virtualization allowed Baker County to reduce the number of physical servers it operates, shrinking costs as well as energy consumption.
  • The county used the savings from the project to fund other investments in IT.