Data Center Virtualization Services
Modernize your data center infrastructure with enterprise virtualization solutions that reduce hardware costs, improve performance, and simplify management. Petronella Technology Group, Inc. delivers expert VMware, Microsoft Hyper-V, and Proxmox virtualization services — from initial assessment and design through migration, optimization, and ongoing management — backed by 30+ years of IT infrastructure expertise and a security-first methodology.
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Reduce Hardware Costs
Consolidate multiple physical servers onto fewer hosts, dramatically reducing hardware acquisition, power consumption, cooling, and data center space requirements.
Improve Performance
Dynamic resource allocation ensures each workload gets the CPU, memory, and storage it needs. Live migration moves VMs between hosts without downtime for maintenance or load balancing.
Built-In Resilience
High availability clustering, automated failover, and snapshot-based backups provide enterprise-grade disaster recovery at a fraction of the cost of physical redundancy.
Enhanced Security
Micro-segmentation, isolated virtual networks, and hardened hypervisors create security boundaries that are impossible with traditional physical infrastructure.
Data Center Modernization Through Virtualization
Data center virtualization is the process of abstracting physical computing resources — servers, storage, and networking — into software-defined layers that can be provisioned, managed, and optimized through centralized management tools. Instead of running one application per physical server with typical CPU utilization of only 10 to 15 percent, virtualization allows you to run multiple virtual machines on each physical host, dramatically improving hardware utilization while simplifying management, improving availability, and reducing costs across the board.
Petronella Technology Group, Inc. provides comprehensive data center virtualization services covering the full lifecycle from assessment and design through implementation, migration, optimization, and ongoing management. We work with all major virtualization platforms — VMware vSphere/ESXi, Microsoft Hyper-V, and Proxmox VE — and we help organizations select the right platform based on their workload requirements, licensing considerations, budget, and strategic direction. Whether you are virtualizing a physical data center for the first time, consolidating an aging VMware environment, evaluating alternatives in light of changing VMware licensing, or building a new hyperconverged infrastructure, our team brings the architecture expertise and hands-on implementation experience to deliver results.
Our approach to virtualization is rooted in the same security-first methodology that defines all of Petronella Technology Group, Inc.'s services. Virtualization introduces its own security considerations — hypervisor hardening, VM escape prevention, virtual network segmentation, management plane security, and compliance implications for workloads running in shared infrastructure. We address these concerns from the initial design phase, implementing defense-in-depth controls that protect your virtualized environment against both external threats and lateral movement between VMs. Combined with our managed security services and managed IT support, we provide a complete infrastructure management solution that keeps your data center modern, secure, and cost-effective.
Since 2002, we have designed, migrated, and managed virtualization environments through multiple technology generations. We understand what works and what does not, and we bring that practical experience to every engagement. Our multi-platform expertise means we are not locked into recommending a single virtualization vendor — we analyze your specific requirements and recommend the right platform for your business rather than the one we happen to sell. With VMware licensing changes under Broadcom creating significant cost increases for many organizations, our honest, vendor-neutral guidance has never been more valuable.
Virtualization is the foundation of modern IT infrastructure. Organizations that virtualize their data centers gain immediate and long-term advantages in cost, agility, reliability, and security. Server consolidation typically achieves 8:1 to 20:1 consolidation ratios or higher depending on workload characteristics, resulting in dramatic reductions in hardware maintenance contracts, energy costs, cooling requirements, and data center space. Dynamic resource allocation enables workloads to automatically receive the resources they need during peak demand, improving performance without manual intervention. High availability clustering and automated failover provide enterprise-grade disaster recovery capabilities that would cost exponentially more to implement with physical redundancy. And security micro-segmentation creates isolation boundaries at the VM level that dramatically limit lateral movement in the event of compromise.
Whether your goal is cost reduction through server consolidation, improved resilience through high availability, enhanced security through micro-segmentation, simplified management through centralized automation, or all of the above, Petronella Technology Group, Inc. has the expertise to design and implement a virtualized infrastructure that meets your business objectives. Our comprehensive services extend beyond initial deployment to include ongoing management, performance optimization, capacity planning, security monitoring, and strategic advisory — giving you a trusted partner for the entire lifecycle of your virtualized data center.
Comprehensive Data Center Virtualization Services
Server Consolidation & Physical-to-Virtual (P2V) Migration
Server consolidation is the most common entry point for data center virtualization. Most organizations have accumulated physical servers over years of growth, each running a single application or service, with the majority operating at a fraction of their capacity. The result is a data center filled with underutilized hardware that consumes power, generates heat, requires cooling, occupies rack space, and demands ongoing maintenance — all while delivering far less computing capacity than the hardware is capable of providing. Server consolidation addresses this waste by migrating workloads from multiple physical servers onto shared virtualization hosts, typically achieving consolidation ratios of 8:1 to 20:1 or higher depending on workload characteristics.
The actual P2V conversion uses a combination of automated migration tools and manual configuration depending on the workload. For Windows and Linux servers with standard configurations, we use hot-cloning tools that capture a running server image and convert it to a virtual machine format with minimal downtime. For servers with specialized hardware dependencies, custom drivers, or complex storage configurations, we use a more methodical approach that involves building a clean virtual machine, installing the operating system and applications, migrating data, and validating functionality before cutover.
VMware vSphere & ESXi Solutions
VMware vSphere remains the industry-leading virtualization platform used by organizations worldwide for mission-critical workloads. Petronella Technology Group, Inc. provides comprehensive VMware services including design, deployment, migration, upgrades, and ongoing management of vSphere environments. Our team holds deep expertise across the VMware stack — ESXi hypervisor, vCenter Server, vSAN storage virtualization, NSX network virtualization, vRealize operations management, and Aria automation.
For existing VMware environments, we provide upgrade services, performance optimization, health checks, and architecture reviews. Many organizations are running older versions of vSphere that miss important security patches, performance improvements, and feature capabilities. We plan and execute upgrades with minimal disruption, handling the sequencing of vCenter, ESXi host, and VM Tools updates along with compatibility verification for hardware, firmware, and third-party integrations.
Microsoft Hyper-V Solutions
Microsoft Hyper-V is a compelling virtualization platform for organizations already invested in the Microsoft ecosystem. Included with Windows Server Datacenter and Standard editions, Hyper-V provides enterprise-grade virtualization capabilities without requiring a separate hypervisor license, making it a cost-effective choice for many organizations. Petronella Technology Group, Inc. provides full lifecycle Hyper-V services including design, deployment, migration from VMware or physical servers, optimization, and ongoing management.
For organizations considering a migration from VMware to Hyper-V — whether driven by licensing cost changes, strategic alignment with Microsoft, or technical requirements — we provide comprehensive VMware-to-Hyper-V migration services. This includes workload assessment, compatibility analysis, migration planning, VM conversion (using tools like Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter and Azure Migrate), testing and validation, and cutover execution. We handle the technical complexities of converting VM disk formats, adjusting hardware abstraction layers, reconfiguring networking, and validating application functionality on the new platform.
Proxmox VE & Open-Source Virtualization
Proxmox Virtual Environment (VE) has emerged as a serious enterprise-grade alternative to VMware and Hyper-V, particularly for organizations seeking to eliminate proprietary hypervisor licensing costs without sacrificing functionality. Built on the proven KVM hypervisor and LXC container technology with a comprehensive web-based management interface, Proxmox VE provides virtual machine management, container support, software-defined storage (Ceph, ZFS), clustering, live migration, high availability, backup, and replication — all in an open-source package with optional commercial support subscriptions that cost a fraction of VMware licensing.
The surge in interest in Proxmox has been accelerated by VMware's licensing changes under Broadcom, which have significantly increased costs for many organizations in 2026. We help clients evaluate whether migrating from VMware to Proxmox makes sense for their specific situation by analyzing workload requirements, assessing feature parity for their use cases, evaluating team skill requirements, and calculating total cost of ownership including migration effort, support subscriptions, and operational overhead. While Proxmox is an excellent platform, it is not the right choice for every environment, and we provide honest recommendations rather than defaulting to the lowest-cost option.
Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI)
Hyperconverged Infrastructure (HCI) takes virtualization to the next level by combining compute, storage, and networking into a single, software-defined platform running on commodity server hardware. Instead of managing separate server hosts, a SAN storage array, and dedicated network switches for storage traffic, HCI consolidates everything onto a cluster of identical nodes that share their local storage into a distributed, highly available storage pool. This dramatically simplifies data center architecture, reduces management complexity, and enables organizations to scale by simply adding nodes to the cluster.
The key advantages of HCI extend beyond simplification. Performance scales linearly as you add nodes, since each new node contributes both compute and storage capacity to the cluster. And procurement is simplified because you order identical nodes rather than coordinating separate server, SAN, and switch purchases with different vendors.
Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)
Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) replaces traditional physical desktops and laptops with virtual desktops running in your data center or cloud, accessed remotely from thin clients, tablets, or existing PCs. VDI centralizes desktop management, enhances security by keeping data in the data center rather than on endpoint devices, enables anywhere-access for remote and hybrid workforces, and simplifies compliance for industries that require strict controls over data access and storage.
VDI infrastructure design requires careful attention to storage performance (IOPS), since desktop boot storms, login storms, and application launches create intense burst I/O patterns that traditional spinning-disk storage cannot handle. We design VDI storage with NVMe and SSD-based architectures (whether SAN, HCI, or cloud-based) that deliver consistent performance under these demanding workload patterns. Networking design is equally critical, as VDI protocols (Blast, HDX, RDP) are sensitive to latency and packet loss, particularly for video, audio, and GPU-accelerated applications.
Storage & Network Virtualization
Storage virtualization abstracts physical storage devices into a unified, software-managed storage pool that can be provisioned, tiered, replicated, and protected through policy-based automation rather than manual configuration. This eliminates the traditional approach of managing storage as individual physical arrays with separate management interfaces, different protocols, and limited flexibility. Software-defined storage decouples storage intelligence from hardware, enabling organizations to use commodity hardware while gaining enterprise storage capabilities.
Network virtualization extends the software-defined approach to networking, creating virtual networks that operate independently of the physical network infrastructure. Virtual switches, routers, firewalls, and load balancers are provisioned and managed through software, enabling organizations to create complex network topologies, enforce security policies, and isolate workloads without touching physical network hardware. This dramatically accelerates network provisioning (from days of physical switch configuration to minutes of software configuration) while enabling fine-grained security controls that are impractical with physical networking alone.
Our Virtualization Engagement Process
Infrastructure Assessment
We inventory your existing physical and virtual infrastructure, document application dependencies, measure resource utilization, and identify workloads suitable for virtualization or consolidation.
Architecture Design
We design the target virtualization architecture including platform selection, host hardware specifications, storage design, networking, high availability, and security controls.
Platform Deployment
We install and configure the hypervisor platform, set up clustering, configure storage and networking, harden security, and validate the environment before migration begins.
Workload Migration
We execute P2V conversions and VM migrations in planned phases, with comprehensive testing at each stage, minimal downtime cutover windows, and rollback procedures for safety.
Optimization & Hardening
Post-migration, we right-size VM resources, tune storage and network performance, configure backup and DR policies, and conduct security hardening and validation testing.
Ongoing Management
We provide proactive monitoring, patch management, capacity planning, performance tuning, and incident response so your virtualized data center operates at peak efficiency.
Why Choose Petronella Technology Group, Inc. for Virtualization
Multi-Platform Expertise: We are not locked into a single virtualization vendor. Our team has deep hands-on experience with VMware vSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V, and Proxmox VE, which means we recommend the right platform for your business rather than the one we happen to sell. With VMware licensing changes creating uncertainty in 2026, our vendor-neutral guidance has never been more valuable.
Security-First Virtualization: Virtualization changes your attack surface and compliance posture. Our cybersecurity roots ensure every virtualized environment is hardened with proper hypervisor security, network segmentation, access controls, and audit logging from the initial deployment. We have maintained a perfect security record across 30+ years and 2,500+ implementations — zero breaches, zero data losses.
30+ Years of Infrastructure Experience: Founded in 1995, we have designed, migrated, and managed virtualization environments through multiple technology generations. We have seen what works and what does not, and we bring that practical experience to every engagement. Our team understands the evolution from physical servers through traditional virtualization to hyperconverged infrastructure and hybrid cloud architectures.
Cloud-Ready Architecture: We design virtualized environments with cloud integration in mind. Whether you want to extend your data center to public cloud services, use cloud-based disaster recovery, or plan an eventual full cloud migration, our architectures support your strategic direction without locking you into a single deployment model.
Complete IT Partnership: Virtualization is just one layer of your technology stack. We provide managed IT services, cybersecurity, compliance, and strategic advisory under one roof, giving you a single partner who understands your entire infrastructure from hypervisor to application layer.
Honest Licensing Guidance: With VMware licensing changes creating uncertainty, organizations need straightforward guidance on platform decisions. We provide transparent analysis of licensing costs, migration effort, and total cost of ownership for each platform option so you make an informed decision rather than a reactive one. We do not push any particular vendor — we help you find the right solution for your specific situation.
Frequently Asked Questions About Data Center Virtualization
Should we choose VMware, Hyper-V, or Proxmox?
The right platform depends on your specific requirements. Proxmox VE is an excellent option for organizations seeking enterprise virtualization capabilities at open-source pricing, with particularly strong GPU passthrough support for AI and compute-intensive workloads.
We evaluate your workloads, budget, team skills, and strategic direction to recommend the right platform for your business. Our vendor-neutral approach means we are not incentivized to push any particular platform — we help you find the best solution for your specific situation.
How much downtime should we expect during virtualization migration?
Most P2V migrations require only a brief cutover window for each server, typically ranging from 15 minutes to two hours depending on the complexity of the workload. The majority of the migration work — data synchronization, configuration preparation, and testing — happens while the physical server is still running. The actual cutover involves a final sync, shutdown of the physical server, startup of the virtual machine, and validation testing.
We schedule cutover windows during off-peak hours or maintenance windows to minimize business impact. For critical workloads that cannot tolerate any downtime, we can implement parallel-run strategies where both the physical and virtual versions operate simultaneously during a transition period.
Will virtualization affect application performance?
Modern hypervisors impose minimal performance overhead for most workloads — typically in the range of two to five percent for CPU-bound applications, and often less with hardware-assisted virtualization (Intel VT-x/VT-d, AMD-V) enabled. In many cases, application performance actually improves after virtualization because the new host hardware is faster than the aging physical server being replaced, and dynamic resource allocation ensures workloads get the resources they need during peak demand.
Storage-intensive workloads may see the largest performance change, which is why we carefully design storage architectures using NVMe and SSD-based solutions that meet or exceed the performance of the original physical environment. We conduct performance testing before and after migration to validate that the virtualized environment meets or exceeds baseline performance metrics.
What about VMware licensing cost increases under Broadcom?
Broadcom's acquisition of VMware has resulted in significant licensing restructuring that has increased costs for many organizations in 2026. For others, the cost increases are substantial enough to warrant evaluating alternatives.
We help clients analyze the financial impact on their specific environment, evaluate alternatives (Hyper-V and Proxmox being the most viable), and either negotiate the best VMware pricing available or plan and execute a platform migration. We do not push any particular platform — our role is to ensure you make the best decision for your business with full visibility into costs, capabilities, and migration risks.
Can virtualized servers meet compliance requirements?
Yes. Virtualized environments can meet all major compliance frameworks including HIPAA, CMMC, NIST 800-171, SOC 2, PCI DSS, and ISO 27001. In fact, virtualization often makes compliance easier by enabling network micro-segmentation (isolating regulated workloads), centralized audit logging, consistent security configurations through templates, and simplified backup and disaster recovery.
The key is properly configuring the virtualization platform with appropriate access controls, encryption, network segmentation, and logging. Our team designs virtualized environments with compliance requirements built in from the start, ensuring your infrastructure passes audit review. We document security controls, maintain configuration baselines, and provide audit support to demonstrate compliance with your specific regulatory requirements.
What is hyperconverged infrastructure and do we need it?
Hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) combines compute, storage, and networking into a single software-defined platform running on commodity server hardware. Instead of managing separate servers, a SAN storage array, and dedicated storage networking, HCI consolidates everything onto a cluster of identical nodes. HCI is a great fit for organizations looking to simplify their infrastructure, eliminate SAN complexity, scale easily by adding nodes, or build new environments without the capital expense of traditional SAN hardware.
HCI is particularly well-suited for VDI deployments, remote office consolidation, and mid-sized organizations that want enterprise capabilities without enterprise complexity. However, HCI is not always the right answer — some workloads with extreme performance or capacity requirements may be better served by dedicated storage arrays. We evaluate your specific needs and recommend accordingly, without bias toward any particular approach.
Should we virtualize on-premises or move everything to the cloud?
This is not an either/or decision for most organizations. On-premises virtualization is the right choice when you have workloads with strict data sovereignty requirements, need very low latency to local users, have already invested in recent hardware, or have workloads that are more cost-effective to run locally than in the cloud. Cloud computing is often better for workloads with variable demand, disaster recovery, development and testing, and new applications that benefit from cloud-native services.
Many organizations use a hybrid approach — running stable, predictable workloads on local virtualization infrastructure while using cloud services for burst capacity, disaster recovery, and elastic workloads. We help you find the right balance for your business, analyzing total cost of ownership, performance requirements, compliance considerations, and operational complexity for each workload to determine the optimal deployment model.
How does virtualization integrate with your other IT services?
Virtualization is a foundational infrastructure layer that connects to virtually all of our services. Our cloud computing services extend your data center to the cloud for hybrid architectures.
Our AI server hosting leverages virtualization for GPU passthrough to AI workloads. And our disaster recovery services use virtualization for rapid recovery and replication. This integrated approach gives you a single partner for your entire infrastructure, from hypervisor through application layer, with consistent security policies, unified monitoring, and coordinated incident response across all layers of your technology stack.
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