Open source virtual platform to optimize resources in server administration of the Basic Hospital Jipijapa City

Abstract

Nowadays, due to the great demand for the operation of Information Technology (IT) services, companies are forced to implement a more solid technological structure, such as server virtualization for high availability. The objective of this research was to develop an Open-Source virtual platform for the optimization of resources and administration of servers of the Basic Hospital of Jipijapa, making a comparison between the different existing virtualization tools, and through a critical analysis to select the most suitable for its implementation in the data center. Primary sources, articles and research reports were used to support its quantitative approach at a descriptive and field level. Its development describes the creation of a virtualization system using open-source tools to replace existing servers with a virtual server platform based on a resource rationalization scheme. Based on the results, the virtualization tool used was Proxmox Virtual Environment (PVE), a storage system with databases to store configuration files, and 83% of the respondents revealed that the implementation of a virtual environment provided by Proxmox VE, increased reliability, availability and user satisfaction, as well as the migration of servers, saved resources, reduced pollution and freed up physical space.