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REACH uses a combination of near-line and
off-line storage which enables it to utilise more cost
effective disks where possible. Longer term storage
and backup is to tape for which REACH uses an HP
StorageWorks MSL4048 LTO-4 fibre channel tape
library with 76.8TB compressed capacity in Hong
Kong and an HP StorageWorks MSL8096 tape
library with 153.6TB compressed capacity in Sydney.
Efficient storage management and high availability
are supported by the use of HP ServiceGuard.
“We have a classic blade architecture design with
blade enclosures sitting at the front end feeding off
the SAN at the back end,” says Balu. “It is a very
clean design with a high degree of virtualisation
utilising either Microsoft Hyper-V or RedHat
Enterprise Virtualisation. HP helped us design
how we would provide the blade architecture and
connectivity to the SAN and also how we could
maximise the footprint of the blade architecture in
terms of load balancing and virtualisation.”
Apart from strategy and demand management,
operation of REACH’s IT infrastructure is outsourced
to a major outsource firm. This is conducted on a
partnership model with the outsourcer being part of
REACH’s leadership team. HP provides hardware
maintenance.
off-line storage which enables it to utilise more cost
effective disks where possible. Longer term storage
and backup is to tape for which REACH uses an HP
StorageWorks MSL4048 LTO-4 fibre channel tape
library with 76.8TB compressed capacity in Hong
Kong and an HP StorageWorks MSL8096 tape
library with 153.6TB compressed capacity in Sydney.
Efficient storage management and high availability
are supported by the use of HP ServiceGuard.
“We have a classic blade architecture design with
blade enclosures sitting at the front end feeding off
the SAN at the back end,” says Balu. “It is a very
clean design with a high degree of virtualisation
utilising either Microsoft Hyper-V or RedHat
Enterprise Virtualisation. HP helped us design
how we would provide the blade architecture and
connectivity to the SAN and also how we could
maximise the footprint of the blade architecture in
terms of load balancing and virtualisation.”
Apart from strategy and demand management,
operation of REACH’s IT infrastructure is outsourced
to a major outsource firm. This is conducted on a
partnership model with the outsourcer being part of
REACH’s leadership team. HP provides hardware
maintenance.
Power saving
The HP refresh has enabled REACH to achieve
significant business benefits.
“We have reduced the perceived capital expenditure
or opportunity costs for going from the old
architecture to the new HP architecture by US$3
million to US$5 million over the refresh period of
three years,” says Balu. “From an operating cost
perspective, by the time this programme is done
we will be saving US$1 million a year in operating
expenses.”
Implementing HP blade servers has also enabled
REACH to reduce power by 90KW a day, with a
corresponding reduction in CO
significant business benefits.
“We have reduced the perceived capital expenditure
or opportunity costs for going from the old
architecture to the new HP architecture by US$3
million to US$5 million over the refresh period of
three years,” says Balu. “From an operating cost
perspective, by the time this programme is done
we will be saving US$1 million a year in operating
expenses.”
Implementing HP blade servers has also enabled
REACH to reduce power by 90KW a day, with a
corresponding reduction in CO
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emissions.
Primary hardware
• HP ProLiant BL460c servers
• HP ProLiant BL860c servers
• HP Integrity rx6600 servers
• HP ProLiant DL380 servers
• HP ProLiant DL580 servers
• HP StorageWorks 6400 Enterprise Virtual Arrays (EVA6400)
• HP StorageWorks MSL4048 tape library
• HP StorageWorks MSL8096 tape library
• HP ProLiant BL460c servers
• HP ProLiant BL860c servers
• HP Integrity rx6600 servers
• HP ProLiant DL380 servers
• HP ProLiant DL580 servers
• HP StorageWorks 6400 Enterprise Virtual Arrays (EVA6400)
• HP StorageWorks MSL4048 tape library
• HP StorageWorks MSL8096 tape library
Primary software
• HP-UX, Windows and RedHat Linux operating system
• HP ServiceGuard
• Microsoft Hyper-V
• RedHat Enterprise Virtualisation
HP Services
• Infrastructure design services
• Hardware maintenance
Customer solution at a glance
“From a maintenance perspective, the HP refresh has
provided us with a great process and framework to
deploy our private cloud practice and that brings
a lot of benefits for us because it is something we
can expand to other aspects of the business as well.
Operating an internal cloud computing paradigm
enables us to provide a better IT service for staff
within REACH with quicker provisioning to support
new projects.
“Our underlying architecture will last for another five
years but from a scalability perspective, because
we have done this in a modular fashion, if demand
grows I can just add on.”
REACH is now talking to HP about future plans
to implement a Disaster Recovery solution and
to transform its IT infrastructure supporting its IP
platform.
provided us with a great process and framework to
deploy our private cloud practice and that brings
a lot of benefits for us because it is something we
can expand to other aspects of the business as well.
Operating an internal cloud computing paradigm
enables us to provide a better IT service for staff
within REACH with quicker provisioning to support
new projects.
“Our underlying architecture will last for another five
years but from a scalability perspective, because
we have done this in a modular fashion, if demand
grows I can just add on.”
REACH is now talking to HP about future plans
to implement a Disaster Recovery solution and
to transform its IT infrastructure supporting its IP
platform.
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