• Server consolidation tools cut down on the total cost of ownership for businesses.rackmount server farm datacenter image by Adryn from Fotolia.com
  
  Server consolidation tools enable businesses to reduce the number of servers they use. As a result, this helps businesses cut down on their IT costs. Businesses use server consolidation tools because they automate tasks, such as migrating users and their file permissions. In addition, server consolidation tools make it easy to copy data from source servers to destination servers.
  
  

Secure Copy

• Secure Copy uses multi-threaded architecture technology to consolidate servers and migrate data. Multi-threaded architecture enables businesses to migrate data and consolidate servers in a secure and quick way. Secure Copy can accomplish this task because it automates and migrates file permissions, file compression settings and file shares. It enables businesses to schedule the time when it's appropriate to move employees over to new file servers. Secure Copy supports Windows operating systems for servers, including NT, 2000, 2003 and 2008, and integrates with BridgeTrak, a help desk tool, that ScriptLogic developed. This tool automatically creates tickets when migrating data fails.
  
  

Novell Server Consolidation Utility and NetWare Migration Wizard

• The Novell Server Consolidation Utility and NetWare Migration Wizard tool enables businesses to restructure their networks by copying data from current source servers to smaller destination servers. This helps businesses streamline their network administration processes and reduce IT costs because they're managing fewer servers. One of the features that the Novell Server Consolidation Utility and NetWare Migration Wizard provides is that it allows businesses to use the same Novell Directory tree to copy whole directories or individual directories to the destination servers. Businesses can also put the directories in different Novell eDirectory trees. In addition, this utility tool copies the ownership and name space information, trustees and accompanying rights over to the destination server. This tool automates processes, such as moving users, along with their file permissions, assigned passwords and file systems, to the Novell e-Directory tree.
  
  

GTSI Server Consolidation

• GTSI customizes server consolidation solutions for the customer. It provides professional services, including project management, software design and implementation, and technical support. One of the modules that comes with the GTSI server consolidation management tool is the Shared-OS Workload Management. This enables businesses to manage and operate multiple applications and operating systems across large computers that demand large quantities of memory. It also includes a Capacity Management tool that continuously keeps track of capacity availability on servers. This helps businesses meet their Service Level Agreements (SLAs).