HP introduced two new HP StorageWorks solutions – HP StorageWorks P4800 BladeSystem storage area network (SAN) and the HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array (EVA) Cluster to enable customers in the Middle Eat to consolidate servers, storage and desktops by creating Virtual Resource Pools of capacity.
HP Converged Infrastructure provides the blueprint for organizations to eliminate technology silos, simplify the management of their environment and drive integration across the data center.
"Today, organizations spend up to 70 percent of their IT budgets managing operations and only 30 percent driving new IT initiatives. Moreover, IT sprawl has brought organizations to the breaking point by increasing complexity, which drives up operations costs and stifles innovation. Creating a virtual pool of shared storage resources is a key technology in the evolution to a Converged Infrastructure. These new solution allow clients to easily shift resources as the organization requires," said Walid Gomaa, StorageWorks Business Unit Manager, HP Middle East
HP StorageWorks P4800 BladeSystem SAN
Organizations also struggle with sprawl from desktops, portables and mobile devices. Data now resides on a large number of devices, which makes it difficult to manage, secure and back up. Client virtualization can simplify management, improve security and reduce backup traffic on the network.
Traditionally, client virtualization requires the complex integration of storage, servers, networking and management. To address this challenge, HP is offering the first client virtualization reference architecture built for a Converged Infrastructure. This comprehensive hardware and software architecture scales to support thousands of virtual desktops in a simple, modular design that is presized and pretested. The reference architecture delivers three times the productivity for IT administrators, supports 1,600 users at 50 percent less cost and requires 60 percent less space than traditional client virtualization implementations.(1)
