HP and Eco-Aware Data Center
Monday, January 22nd, 2007In the last 12 months opus:interactive has made a significant change to focus on being a more efficient Managed Service Provider (MSP) through automation, energy conservation, efficient cooling technologies, extensible platforms and scalable solutions. In order to minimize operations staff and continue to provision servers and applications for customers on a same-day basis, we standardized on HP ProLiant-based servers utilizing HP automation software such as Remote Deployment Pack (RDP) and Insight Control Datacenter Edition (ICDCE).
In Q3, we made a concerted effort to become an eco-aware datacenter facility with the implementation of HP p-class and c-class blade systems. Using the new blade systems by HP has allowed us to scale faster, use power efficiently, provision servers faster, and ultimately, close more deals. We recently implemented a full 18-server solution complete with redundant firewalls, redundant load-balancers, dedicated redundant SAN and full automation. The servers utilizes a little more than 15Amps of power, whereas normal non-blade servers would have used around 40Amps.
The use of HP c-class blade enclosures stays true to our customer-first initiative by providing the best-of-breed hardware that truly is “Always On,” easy to manage, extensible, scalable, reliable and eco-aware. This shift in IT is our push for Business Innovation in all that we do. In 2007, we plan to replace our entire infrastructure with HP c-class blade chassis and servers.