HP BLc7000 Onboard Administrator Option 412142-B21 プリント
製品コード
412142-B21
Flying to win
At number five, Continental may not be the world’s
biggest airline. But in a number of surveys, passengers
say it’s the best.
At number five, Continental may not be the world’s
biggest airline. But in a number of surveys, passengers
say it’s the best.
It was named the “Best Domestic Airline,” “Best Airline
for Customer Service,” and “Best Airline for Flights to
Mexico” in surveys for Executive Travel magazine’s
2008 Leading Edge Awards. And passengers picked
it as “Best Airline: North America” and “Best Cabin
Staff: North America” in the Skytrax 2008 World
Airline Awards.
for Customer Service,” and “Best Airline for Flights to
Mexico” in surveys for Executive Travel magazine’s
2008 Leading Edge Awards. And passengers picked
it as “Best Airline: North America” and “Best Cabin
Staff: North America” in the Skytrax 2008 World
Airline Awards.
This is not by chance. “Flying to win” is one of the
goals of Continental’s Go Forward Plan, which
was first announced in 1995. Since then, the airline
reports that teamwork and the Go Forward Plan
have “catapulted the company to new heights of
service excellence and record financial performance
compared to its competitors.”
goals of Continental’s Go Forward Plan, which
was first announced in 1995. Since then, the airline
reports that teamwork and the Go Forward Plan
have “catapulted the company to new heights of
service excellence and record financial performance
compared to its competitors.”
Objective
Increase compute capacity despite data center
limits on power
limits on power
Approach
Standardize on HP BladeSystem and Microsoft
Windows
Windows
®
Server 2008 with Hyper-V to maximize
CPU utilization and reduce the number of physical
servers required
servers required
Business benefits
Seven-figure cost avoidance by lengthening life
•
of current data center
Projected 50% lower licensing costs
Projected 50% lower licensing costs
•
than VMware
$490,000 saved through virtualization-based
$490,000 saved through virtualization-based
•
vs. traditional clustering
50% reduction in monthly planned downtime
50% reduction in monthly planned downtime
•
(5 hrs. vs. 10)
65% decrease in time to value on new projects
65% decrease in time to value on new projects
•
IT improvements
6-fold faster installation of physical server OS
•
(30 mins. vs. 3 hrs.)
10-fold improvement in CPU utilization (50%
10-fold improvement in CPU utilization (50%
•
vs. 5%)
18-fold faster server deployment (20 mins.
18-fold faster server deployment (20 mins.
•
virtual vs. 6 hrs. physical)
Continental flies higher by saving millions
with Microsoft
®
Hyper-V on HP BladeSystem
Virtualization avoids seven-figure data center overhaul while
reducing planned downtime by 50 percent.
“With Hyper-V on HP BladeSystem, we’re now able to stay in our current
data center, avoiding millions of dollars in capital investments.”
Richard Wilson, Manager, Enterprise Engineering, Continental Airlines
HP customer case
study: adaptive
infrastructure
virtualization
Industry:
Industry:
transportation