Jussi Hirvi wrote: > It has been a long thread, but one point that has been mentioned only in > passing (VMWares "top 5 reasons") is cutting the electricity > consumption. Maybe this is obvious. > > I recently consolidated 8 hardware servers to a single 1U Dell, which > runs KVM virtualization. The power bill was cut to a fraction! Do the > same on a bigger scale, and it will be a significant saving. Also it > reflects on cooling costs. Good for the planet, too. > > - Jussi +1