Server sprawl is out of control. Servers are underutilized, but virtualization helps solve these issues by consolidating many physical servers in one pool. See how HP servers and storage integrate with VMware to help you consolidate your IT environment.
IT consolidation with HP and VMwareReduce costs, simplify your IT environment and increase business agility.Server sprawl is out of control. Servers are underutilized,
consuming data center floor space and costing too
much to power, cool and maintain. Virtualization helps
you solve these problems by consolidating many
physical servers into one pool of compute resources.
This can result in up to a 10:1 or greater ratio of virtual
machines on a single physical server.
Are you capitalizing What goes into an
on your virtualization HP IT consolidation
opportunities? solution? Here are theAs businesses grow, many are left with inflexible ITenvironments that are costly to operate and difficult key components.to manage. In a common scenario, a company will Together with VMware, HP simplifies your project byhave large numbers of underutilized servers that are bringing together all the components you need for adedicated to particular applications. Each takes up virtualized IT consolidation solution. HP solutions arevaluable data center floor space, consumes scarce composed of several hardware and software buildingpower and cooling capacity, and drives up manage- blocks-including servers, storage, VMware virtuali- ment costs. zation software and management tools-along withTo address the problem, your company may be looking professional services to design, integrate, deploy andfor ways to consolidate stand-alone servers into denser support your solution.blade and storage systems. This alone is a good first When you work with HP, your IT consolidation solutionstep, but it doesn't take full advantage of consolidation can include any of the following components:opportunities. To make greater use of your server andstorage resources, you need to add another element HP ProLiant and HP BladeSystem serversto your IT consolidation approaches: virtualization. HP ProLiant and HP BladeSystem servers provide idealplatforms for virtualization on industry-standard hard- Virtualization allows you to pool and share your IT ware. With HP, you have the added assurance thatresources to increase utilization and reduce costs. comes with hardware and software that have beenThrough its ability to consolidate many physical servers certified for VMware. Today, HP has more certifiedinto one pool of virtual compute resources, virtualization platforms for VMware than any other vendor-morecan result in a 10:1 or greater ratio of virtual machines than 30 HP ProLiant server models have been certifiedon a single physical server. Better still, virtualization for use with VMware ESX 3.5.*enables a change-ready infrastructure-in which ITsupply can shift quickly to meet changing business By using HP BladeSystem, you can leverage the per- demands. formance, density and low power consumption ofserver blades. A smaller solution footprint helps youSo how do you achieve these gains? Look to IT consoli- make the most of the valuable space in your datadation solutions from HP and VMware. Together, HP center, and attachment to a storage area networkand VMware have the technology and services you (SAN) is economical.need to put virtualization to work to consolidate your ITenvironment in a manner that reduces costs, simplifies *For details, see www.vmware.com/pdf/vi3_systems_guide.pdf.your IT environment and increases business agility.
2HP management toolsA unique HP ProLiant advantage is HP Insight Control,the integrated server management portfolio that allowsyou to monitor, deploy and control your HP ProLiantand HP BladeSystem servers from almost anyw here.Consolidated management of physical and virtualassets is also enabled through this software portfolio. It combines the capabilities of HP Systems InsightManager (SIM), HP ProLiant Essentials and HP StorageEssentials software, which work in concert with yourVMware environment. HP ProLiant Essentials virtualiza- tion management software provides critical managementand migration capabilities for your VMware virtual- ization solution, including the ability to migrate fromphy sical to virtual machines. This software comple- ments both HP Systems Insight Manager and VMwareVirtualCenter.For a broader solution from an enterprise managementHP StorageWorks SAN solutions perspective, the HP Software organization offers addi- Network storage allows you to take advantage of tional software to address your IT Service Managementmany of the features of VMware, ... [download for more]
