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	OmniCube™ Case Study Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)

OmniCube™ Case Study

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)

Technology Category	Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Computing Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Storage Services
Applicable Industries	Cities & Municipalities
Applicable Functions	Business Operation
Services	Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services
Challenge	The municipality of Båstad in Sweden was facing a challenge with its outdated IT infrastructure. The town's IT services were provided by a small team of eight, and the infrastructure was based on a mix of HP ProLiant servers and HP EVA and IBM Storwize v7000 SAN storage systems, all deployed in a single data center. This setup was vulnerable to disruptions in the event of power outages or major catastrophes such as floods or fires. The town decided to take advantage of a government disaster preparedness initiative to upgrade its aging IT systems and ensure business continuity and disaster recovery for its critical IT services. Read More
About Customer	The customer in this case study is the municipality of Båstad, a seaside town in southern Sweden. The town is best known for hosting the annual Swedish Open tennis tournament. The municipality's Information Technology organization, which consists of a staff of eight, provides IT services for local government employees and operates the town's website. The municipality was looking to upgrade its outdated IT infrastructure and ensure continuous IT service availability in the event of catastrophes or equipment failures. The town decided to take advantage of a federal government disaster preparedness program to upgrade its IT systems. Read More
Solution	The municipality of Båstad issued an RFP for a next-generation data center with inherent business continuity and disaster recovery capabilities. After an extensive review process involving a number of vendors including Dell and NetApp, the municipality selected SimpliVity OmniCube hyperconverged infrastructure systems for its next-generation data center architecture. The OmniCube systems are deployed in separate locations in a high availability stretched cluster configuration to ensure continuous service in the event of equipment failures or disasters. The IT group centrally manages the distributed configuration using VMware vCenter. With the radically simplified infrastructure, the group no longer has to rely on outside consultants for ongoing support and maintenance assistance. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Computing

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Storage Services

Applicable Industries

Cities & Municipalities

Applicable Functions

Business Operation

Services

Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services

Challenge

The municipality of Båstad in Sweden was facing a challenge with its outdated IT infrastructure. The town's IT services were provided by a small team of eight, and the infrastructure was based on a mix of HP ProLiant servers and HP EVA and IBM Storwize v7000 SAN storage systems, all deployed in a single data center. This setup was vulnerable to disruptions in the event of power outages or major catastrophes such as floods or fires. The town decided to take advantage of a government disaster preparedness initiative to upgrade its aging IT systems and ensure business continuity and disaster recovery for its critical IT services.

About Customer

The customer in this case study is the municipality of Båstad, a seaside town in southern Sweden. The town is best known for hosting the annual Swedish Open tennis tournament. The municipality's Information Technology organization, which consists of a staff of eight, provides IT services for local government employees and operates the town's website. The municipality was looking to upgrade its outdated IT infrastructure and ensure continuous IT service availability in the event of catastrophes or equipment failures. The town decided to take advantage of a federal government disaster preparedness program to upgrade its IT systems.

Solution

The municipality of Båstad issued an RFP for a next-generation data center with inherent business continuity and disaster recovery capabilities. After an extensive review process involving a number of vendors including Dell and NetApp, the municipality selected SimpliVity OmniCube hyperconverged infrastructure systems for its next-generation data center architecture. The OmniCube systems are deployed in separate locations in a high availability stretched cluster configuration to ensure continuous service in the event of equipment failures or disasters. The IT group centrally manages the distributed configuration using VMware vCenter. With the radically simplified infrastructure, the group no longer has to rely on outside consultants for ongoing support and maintenance assistance.

Impact #1	The SimpliVity solution ensures continuous IT service availability in the event of catastrophes or equipment failures and reduces total cost of ownership.
Impact #2	The OmniCube systems are easy to deploy and were fully operational in just two days.
Impact #3	The solution simplifies operations and eliminated the need for outside IT consultants.

Impact #1

The SimpliVity solution ensures continuous IT service availability in the event of catastrophes or equipment failures and reduces total cost of ownership.

Impact #2

The OmniCube systems are easy to deploy and were fully operational in just two days.

Impact #3

The solution simplifies operations and eliminated the need for outside IT consultants.

Benefit #1	Reduces storage costs with 51:1 data efficiency.
Benefit #2	Accelerates data protection; backups completed in seconds compared to hours or days.

Benefit #1

Reduces storage costs with 51:1 data efficiency.

Benefit #2

Accelerates data protection; backups completed in seconds compared to hours or days.

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