HP Middle East today announced that it has added capabilities to its Virtual Server Environment for HP Integrity servers to better enable customers to automatically adjust resources within a pooled server environment.
The new HP Virtual Server Environment (VSE) Reference Architecture for Oracle® Real Application Clusters for HP-UX 11i dynamically scales the Integrity server infrastructure when mission-critical Oracle database workloads fluctuate. For example, customers can use the capability to automatically allocate additional server capacity to financial applications during the month-end close.
For customers that are concerned about the availability of their mission-critical UNIX® environments when they consolidate using virtualization, HP has further integrated HP Serviceguard for HP-UX 11i with HP Integrity Virtual Machines. Available now with the latest release of HP Serviceguard, this functionality helps guard against failure by automatically moving the virtual machines between servers in a VSE. HP Integrity Virtual Machines also now enables easy manual migration of virtual machines, accelerating application qualification and deployment.
“No other vendor can offer the level of virtualization capability for Oracle customers that HP now can,” said Yasser Ragaei, Business Manager, Enterprise Servers, HP Middle East. “HP leads the way in mission-critical server virtualization with HP-UX 11i, now enabling customers to automatically flex, add and move server resources in support of constantly changing business demands.”
Customer demand for virtualization is growing – HP had 70 percent shipment growth for key virtualization technologies in the past year,(1) reinforcing the IDC assessment that spending on virtualization will continue at significant growth rates and reach $15 billion by 2009.(2)
HP customers such as Allgemeine Bausparkasse, Croatian Post Inc., Grupa Kety, Harmon Pro Group, Healthways, Hubert Burda Media Group, Laziomatica, Mitel, Orient Overseas Container Line, Osem Investments Ltd., Royal London Group, Taifook Securities Ltd., Telefonica de Espana and University of Magdeburg have benefited from the flexible capacity and superior return on investment provided by the HP VSE.
Available since 2003, the HP VSE is a foundational element in HP’s Adaptive Infrastructure framework, which enables customers to move toward an automated “lights-out” computing environment that can be remotely managed 24 hours a day. HP offers a broad portfolio of services for the HP Virtual Server Environment, from planning and assessment through design and implementation to mission-critical proactive and reactive support.
More information about HP Integrity systems is available at www.hp.com/go/integrityserversolutions. More information about the HP Virtual Server Environment is available at www.hp.com/go/vse.
About HP
HP is a technology solutions provider to consumers, businesses and institutions globally. The company’s offerings span IT infrastructure, global services, business and home computing, and imaging and printing. For the four fiscal quarters ended July 31, 2006, HP revenue totaled $90.0 billion. More information about HP (NYSE, Nasdaq: HPQ) is available at www.hp.com.
About HP Middle East
HP is the largest technology and solutions provider in the Middle East with 670 employees and subsidiaries in Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Riyadh, Jeddah, Khobar, Cairo, Ramallah and Oman servicing the GCC, Egypt and the Levant. HP has been present in the Middle East since 1968 and opened its first regional office in 1994. HP Middle East is the market leader for enterprise, small and medium business and consumer technology products and offers a large portfolio of solutions and services in various business domains.
More information about HP in the Middle East is available at www.hp.com/me
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