HP AJ037A Prospecto

New England Law|Boston upgrades critical e-mail system/services and 
enhances performance – while conserving space and energy   

“The HP server and storage infrastructure gives us higher performance – with 
the added benefits of a reduced footprint and decreased power and cooling 
needs.”
− Nathan Reisdorff, Director of IT, New England Law|Boston    

Objective: 

Provide a highly available data center to support 
enhanced e-mail services with higher performance 
and reliability  

Approach:

Upgrade data-center environment with HP 
BladeSystem and HP StorageWorks disk array 
and tape library   

Business technology improvements: 

Virtualized environment provides 24x7 system 

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availability 

New high-performance, highly reliable 

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Microsoft® Exchange e-mail solution 

Easier management with HP software   

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Reduced full backups from three days to 14 

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hours

Faster network cuts user response time from SQL 

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Server databases up to 90 percent   

Enhanced disaster recovery with HP 

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StorageWorks Storage Mirroring

Industry: Education  

HP customer 
case study: HP 
StorageWorks EVA-
based SAN with 
Storage Mirroring 
software and 
MSL tape library 
connected; HP 
ProLiant server blades

Business benefits: 

Complete solution from one supplier simplifies 

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management   

Upgrade supports critical services for students 

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and staff

Reduced data-center operating cost with 30 

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percent lower power and cooling demand 

Decreased data-center floor space requirements 

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by 50 percent with server blades

Improved productivity with faster system 

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response to user requests

Enables delivery of new solutions quickly and 

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economically 

Lower power and cooling costs – help reduce 

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impact of 50 percent electricity rate increase