HP StorageWorks XP24000 Disk Array AE130A 전단

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Demanding growth at wireless distributor TESSCO signals need to migrate 
mission-critical applications to HP StorageWorks and BladeSystem platform
“We went with the HP StorageWorks XP24000 disk array for our enterprise 
storage because it’s built to survive just about anything. We know it’s not 
going down.” 
−  Hal Kuff, Vice President of Technology Development Services, TESSCO 
Technologies Inc.
Objective: 
A robust and flexible enterprise-class business 
technology infrastructure to support mission-
critical, Oracle-based applications for 
customer-facing services while reducing total 
cost of ownership (TCO) and enhancing business 
continuity 
Approach:
Migrate critical order management and 
distribution center applications from an 
AlphaServer IT infrastructure to the high-
performance HP BladeSystem- and HP 
StorageWorks-based environment    
Business technology improvements: 
Provides common, consolidated server and 
• 
storage architecture 
Supports multiple operating systems 
• 
Yields faster storage-to-network connections  
• 
Eliminated 50 physical servers through 
• 
virtualization
Business benefits: 
Savings of $200,000 per year in lower total 
• 
cost of ownership (TCO)
Improved business-continuity options with 
• 
platform consolidation
Enhanced disaster-recovery plan
• 
Reduced risk to revenue stream and reputation
• 
Saved one full-time equivalent (FTE) through 
• 
server virtualization
Received licensing credit in migration from 
• 
AlphaServer to Integrity server blades
Industry: Distribution 
& Supply Chain 
Management
HP customer 
case study: HP 
StorageWorks XP 
Storage Array, XP 
Continuous Access 
Software and 
MSL tape libraries; 
HP BladeSystem 
Integrity and ProLiant 
server blades and 
enclosures; HP 
OpenVMS
With FY2008 sales of $521 million, TESSCO 
Technologies is a leading provider of integrated 
product and supply-chain solutions for the wireless 
communications industry. Founded in 1982, the firm 
provides one-stop shopping – for both commercial 
customers and consumers in more than 100 countries 
– via direct sales and e-commerce sites. TESSCO 
commercial customers include public carriers, network 
operators, resellers, governments and self-maintained 
users (SMUs). 
In the highly competitive and fragmented wireless 
industry, TESSCO succeeds by delivering what it 
calls Your Total Source® solution. This combines 
more than 25,000 high-quality products from 300+ 
manufacturers via a sophisticated supply-chain-
management system to ensure excellent service, 
completeness, reliability and timely delivery. The firm 
fulfilled more than 1 million customer orders last year 
from its distribution centers in Hunt Valley, Maryland,