There are probably as many approaches to data protection and disaster recovery as there are types of disasters that might befall your datacenter. Figuring out which approach is best for your datacenter—from a technical, operational and financial outlook—is enough to keep a responsible manager like you up at night. Download this paper to learn about the proven, flexible solution that prepares your data to survive and recover from almost any calamity, from HP and VMware.
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You've estimated that up to half of your data protection and
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There are probably as many approaches to data while sharing physical resources. This methodprotection and disaster recovery as there are types of protects your applications, increases hardwaredisasters that might befall your datacenter. Figuring out utilization, decreases the datacenter "footprint", andwhich approach is best for your datacenter-from a eases management tasks.technical, operational and financial outlook-is enoughto keep a responsible manager like you up at night. And while we're on the subject of management, HPSystems Insight Manager (SIM) and HP ProLiantSoftware glitches, hardware failures, human error- Essentials VirtualMachine Management pack (VMM)even site-wide outages-threaten your datacenter. And provide an integrated management environment to notdon't forget about those governmental compliance only replicatethe servers to the VMware virtualrequirements. Whatever reasons drive you to protect machines, but also to allow you to manage the virtualyour data, HP and VMware have a proven, flexible machines-no matter where they are located-from asolution that prepares your data to survive and recover single SIM console just like any physical HP server.from almost any calamity. Of course, replicated operating systems and applicationsare just the basics of protection. The data so critical toBuilding a solid foundation your business needs to be synchronized between theBuilding the best protection for data begins with a physical and the virtual-and kept that way. With HPsolid foundation, like HP BladeSystem. HP BladeSystem StorageWorks Storage Mirroring for Virtual Machines,integrates the essential elements of the datacenter- continuous real-time replication-at the byte-level-keepscomputing, storage, network, power and management- data up-to-date, and the included automatic failoverinto a modular, self-optimizing unit. These modules are capabilities allow application availability, timely backupvirtualized to pool and share all resources and and a clear path to disaster recovery.connections-increasing utilization, lowering costs andproviding the flexibility and control to quickly meet The choice is easier than everchanging conditions and requirements. Deciding which approach to data protection andVMware ESX Server extends the benefits of HP disaster recovery best fits your requirements has neverBladeSystem by providing a dynamic, scalable virtual been easier. HP and VMware have taken out the guessmachine environment to host replicas of the physical work with a proven, scalable solution that offersservers you choose to protect. This means that on continuous, real-time data replication, a choice ofone or more HP BladeSystem server blades-located Intel® XeonT or AMD® Opteron processors, flexiblein the same enclosure, the same datacenter or on storage options, a clear path for growth, and theopposite sides of the globe-multiple unmodified comfort of knowing that, unlike others, half of your dataMicrosoft® Windows® operating systems and their protection and disaster recovery is not being wasted.applications run independently in virtual machinesRecoveryHP BladeSystemsolution. HP BladeSystem SolutionBlocks - proven application Virtual solution definitions that cut the Machinestime and effort needed to Physicalcreate, combineand upgradebusiness solutions on an HPBladeSystem platform. Accommodating future growth- through seamless upgrade to16-slot HP BladeSystem c7000enclosure; your investment Recoveryremains protected. Efficient shared storage - servesfile/print and iSCSI-based Physicalapplication data Virtual . Low-cost, standards-based Machinesswitch with layer 3 routing,filtering and quality of service(QoS) queing via the HPGbE2c Layer 2/3 EthernetBlade Switch. Management - HP SystemCenter Essentials, HP InsightManager
Bill of materials Control for speeding deployment and monitoring ofSource (Physical) your IT infrastructure.1 HP BladeSystem c3000 enclosure You will use Rapid Deployment Pack to auto-provision8 HP ProLiant BL46xc Server Blades servers running VMware ESX Server within your1 HP GbE2c Layer 2/3 Ethernet Blade Switch or 1 HP Virtual Connectmodule environment. Th... [download for more]
