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Virtual Server Hosting Shelves and Physical Servers: <br />The County should continue to invest in the consolidation and vi, <br />which requires additional virtual server hosting shelves and rep <br />virtualization efforts, many small physical servers are replaced by one larger physical <br />increase the utilization of costly hardware resources such as CPUs. Server Virtualization allows for a <br />reduction in the total number of servers. As a general rule, one <br />ten servers. By enhancing its virtual server environment, Orange County can improve its total of <br />server ownership through reduced hardware maintenance costs, and <br />addition, the movement to a virtual environment is essential for disaster recovery. <br /> <br />Storage Area Network Expansion: <br />As governments continue to collect data and information at an exponential rate, and subsequently <br />store that data within the information systems, computing resour <br />County should invest in a Storage Area Network (SAN) expansion i <br />main technology resources, thereby extending their usefulness and reducin <br /> <br /> <br />Upgrade and Standardization of Microsoft Software: <br /> <br />As the County continues to invest in technology to gain efficien <br />enhance transparency and accountability, standardization becomes more critical-alone <br />systems are still being used across Orange County departments, l- <br />functionality of data sharing and importation between business uea of <br />standardization should be concentrated on the MS Office Suite an <br />a County-wide standardized platform, there will be substantial increases <br />systems, speed of upgrades, continuity between departmental offerings, and responsiveness of the IT <br />department to customer needs. The County has two options relate <br />environment. Option One is to procure the Microsoft Enterprise <br />allow the County to remain current with respect to Microsoft versions. This option <br />devices to the current version of Microsoft by procuring individcenses for each machine. This is a <br />more cost-effective option but it does not ensure that the County will sta-to-date on its Microsoft <br />offerings. <br /> <br />34 <br /> <br /> <br />