HP Integrity rx4640 Server AB370B Prospecto
Los códigos de productos
AB370B
Health benefits company sees value in
using HP Integrity servers and Dual-Core
Intel
using HP Integrity servers and Dual-Core
Intel
®
Itanium
®
2 processors for database
consolidations
Potent reasons to consider Integrity servers and Dual-
Core Intel Itanium 2 processors
WellPoint, Inc. was created in 2004 when WellPoint
Health Networks Inc. and Anthem, Inc. merged to
become the largest health benefits company in the
United States in terms of commercial membership.
Headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, WellPoint
delivers integrated healthcare plans and related
services, along with life and disability insurance
benefits, pharmacy benefit management, dental,
vision, behavioral health benefit services, long-term
care insurance, and flexible spending accounts.
Core Intel Itanium 2 processors
WellPoint, Inc. was created in 2004 when WellPoint
Health Networks Inc. and Anthem, Inc. merged to
become the largest health benefits company in the
United States in terms of commercial membership.
Headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana, WellPoint
delivers integrated healthcare plans and related
services, along with life and disability insurance
benefits, pharmacy benefit management, dental,
vision, behavioral health benefit services, long-term
care insurance, and flexible spending accounts.
HP technologies have helped WellPoint’s IT staff deliver on
targets, obviate risks, and keep costs down.
targets, obviate risks, and keep costs down.
Objective:
Assess the viability of using 64-bit servers to lower costs
and consolidate a sprawling Microsoft
and consolidate a sprawling Microsoft
®
SQL Server
environment
Approach:
Beta test an HP Integrity rx4640 Server with Dual-Core
Intel
Intel
®
Itanium
®
2 processors and leverage the consulting
and benchmark performance expertise of HP and Intel
Business benefits:
• Will fulfill the company’s agenda of combining
multiple Microsoft SQL Server instances
• Will provide projected cost savings of $1.1 million in
support over four years
• Will save $300,000 in SQL Server licensing costs
IT improvements:
• Supplies linear scalability, superior performance,
greater utilization, and constant service levels—even
with nine heavily used databases on a single physical
server
with nine heavily used databases on a single physical
server
• Meets the company’s performance goals: capacity to
process more than 10 million rows of data or 100,000
transactions per second on one Integrity server
transactions per second on one Integrity server
• Will reduce the number of Microsoft SQL Server
database servers
• Reduces server footprint: a large number of less-
utilized SQL Server applications can share a single
host
host
• Will enable the Chief Technology Office to provision
additional database resources faster—without
purchasing new servers
purchasing new servers
HP customer case
study: HP Integrity
server with Dual-Core
Intel Itanium 2
processors, Microsoft
Windows
study: HP Integrity
server with Dual-Core
Intel Itanium 2
processors, Microsoft
Windows
®
2003
Enterprise Edition,
and Microsoft SQL
Server 2005
and Microsoft SQL
Server 2005
Industry:
Healthcare/Insurance
Healthcare/Insurance