HP ProLiant BL480c Intel® Xeon® E5410 Quad Core Processor 2.33 GHz 12MB 2GB 1P Blade Server 459500-B21 Dépliant
Codici prodotto
459500-B21
Supporting a heavy auction schedule
Demands at a typical Ritchie Bros. auction are heavy.
Auctions can be one-, two-, or even more than
three-day events with close to 1,300 lots being sold.
More than 1,400 onsite and online bidders typically
register for each industrial auction the company
holds. Each of the 38 sites has three or four of these
auctions a year—about 10 auctions a week during
the peak season. “At every site, Shorty is providing
the horsepower to conduct the auction,” Karmody
says. “That’s the ultimate test, seeing the new system
working as it should.”
Demands at a typical Ritchie Bros. auction are heavy.
Auctions can be one-, two-, or even more than
three-day events with close to 1,300 lots being sold.
More than 1,400 onsite and online bidders typically
register for each industrial auction the company
holds. Each of the 38 sites has three or four of these
auctions a year—about 10 auctions a week during
the peak season. “At every site, Shorty is providing
the horsepower to conduct the auction,” Karmody
says. “That’s the ultimate test, seeing the new system
working as it should.”
Auction downtime would be catastrophic. One day of
downtime during an auction could mean millions of
dollars in lost auction proceeds. “With the
HP BladeSystem, we have redundancy,” says
Karmody. “That’s a big step for us in terms of ensuring
uptime. And we can deploy a virtualized server in
about 20 minutes compared to as much as a full day
for a traditional rack-mounted server.”
downtime during an auction could mean millions of
dollars in lost auction proceeds. “With the
HP BladeSystem, we have redundancy,” says
Karmody. “That’s a big step for us in terms of ensuring
uptime. And we can deploy a virtualized server in
about 20 minutes compared to as much as a full day
for a traditional rack-mounted server.”
Getting real-time visibility
The processing power of the HP BladeSystem enables
Ritchie Bros. to upgrade its software and eliminate the
one-day lag time for batch processing required by
the previous solution. “As a result, executives at the
head office will be able to monitor buying trends and
track customer movements in real time, enabling more
informed decisions,” Karmody says.
The processing power of the HP BladeSystem enables
Ritchie Bros. to upgrade its software and eliminate the
one-day lag time for batch processing required by
the previous solution. “As a result, executives at the
head office will be able to monitor buying trends and
track customer movements in real time, enabling more
informed decisions,” Karmody says.
The new solution also improves the customer
experience. “Some of our U.S. customers travel from
state to state, perhaps attending our auctions to buy
trucks,” Karmody explains. “The new system saves
customers from having to register again when they get
to another state.”
experience. “Some of our U.S. customers travel from
state to state, perhaps attending our auctions to buy
trucks,” Karmody explains. “The new system saves
customers from having to register again when they get
to another state.”
“HP delivered excellent service to Ritchie Bros.,
ensuring that the entire process ran smoothly. We met
our schedule of 38 sites in five months.”
—Andy Karmody, Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers
ensuring that the entire process ran smoothly. We met
our schedule of 38 sites in five months.”
—Andy Karmody, Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers
HP Insight Control software tools centralize and
simplify server management. “We’re planning to use
the HP Insight Control suite to deploy, monitor and
control our servers from our data center in Vancouver,”
Karmody says. “This already proved critical at our site
in the Netherlands.” The installation was complete
there, he explains, but the air conditioning in the
server room shut itself off when someone was doing
maintenance on it.
simplify server management. “We’re planning to use
the HP Insight Control suite to deploy, monitor and
control our servers from our data center in Vancouver,”
Karmody says. “This already proved critical at our site
in the Netherlands.” The installation was complete
there, he explains, but the air conditioning in the
server room shut itself off when someone was doing
maintenance on it.
“The HP Insight Control system health monitoring
feature tracked rising temperatures in the server closet
and sent an alert to our IT headquarters in Canada,”
Karmody recalls. “We intervened, quickly resolved the
problem and prevented damage to the servers.”
feature tracked rising temperatures in the server closet
and sent an alert to our IT headquarters in Canada,”
Karmody recalls. “We intervened, quickly resolved the
problem and prevented damage to the servers.”
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“HP Factory Express saved us at least a half-
day of work per enclosure. My IT person just
plugged in the system and had it up and
running within an hour.”
—Andy Karmody, Manager of IT
Deployment, Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers