Cisco Cisco UCS B200 M1 Blade Server Guia De Informação
Customer Case Study
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
TUTOR PERINI CORPORATION
● Construction
● Sylmar, California USA
● 7000 Employees
● Sylmar, California USA
● 7000 Employees
CHALLENGE
● Reduce data center operating costs
● Simplify management
● Ensure application availability
● Simplify management
● Ensure application availability
SOLUTION
● Consolidated servers, switches, and
storage access from multiple data
centers onto a single Cisco Unified
centers onto a single Cisco Unified
Computing System
● Engaged Cisco Advanced Services
for planning and deployment
RESULTS
● Reduced device count by 60 percent
● Reduced power consumption by 38
● Reduced power consumption by 38
percent
● Minimized thin client costs by
supporting up to 30 users per server
Construction Company Changes Data Center Economics
Tutor Perini Corporation built its new data center with Unified Computing System, reducing device count
by 60 percent.
by 60 percent.
Challenge
Tutor Perini Corporation is a leading civil and building construction company
offering diversified general contracting and design/build services to private clients and public agencies throughout the
world. Its services include general contracting, pre-construction planning, and comprehensive project management.
Tutor Perini also offers self-performed construction services, including excavation, concrete forming and placement,
steel erection, electrical and mechanical services, plumbing, and HVAC. The company is recognized for its major
complex building project commitments as well as its capacity to perform large and complex transportation and heavy
civil construction.
world. Its services include general contracting, pre-construction planning, and comprehensive project management.
Tutor Perini also offers self-performed construction services, including excavation, concrete forming and placement,
steel erection, electrical and mechanical services, plumbing, and HVAC. The company is recognized for its major
complex building project commitments as well as its capacity to perform large and complex transportation and heavy
civil construction.
Through mergers and acquisitions, Tutor Perini had acquired five data centers. The company decided to build a
brand-new data center to be shared by all entities. Motives for consolidation included reducing operating costs,
simplifying management, helping to ensure application availability, and expanding the thin client environment. “Our
main requirements for a new computing platform were low costs, low energy consumption, and efficient
management,” says James McGibney, data center lead, Tutor Perini.
brand-new data center to be shared by all entities. Motives for consolidation included reducing operating costs,
simplifying management, helping to ensure application availability, and expanding the thin client environment. “Our
main requirements for a new computing platform were low costs, low energy consumption, and efficient
management,” says James McGibney, data center lead, Tutor Perini.
Solution
After evaluating three leading platforms, Tutor Perini selected the Cisco
®
Unified Computing System (UCS), which
unifies network, compute, storage access, and virtualization into a single, cohesive system. “When we did a side-by-
side comparison, every person on our technical team agreed that the Cisco solution best met our business needs,”
says Jason Morgan, senior network engineer, Tutor Perini. Unique advantages of the Cisco UCS included built-in
support for VMware and the fact that Cisco was already a trusted vendor for all of Tutor Perini’s business divisions.
“The Cisco UCS pricing was surprisingly competitive and the technology integrates very well with our storage area
network and Cisco switches,” says Edward Quiroz, director of infrastructure and help desk services, Tutor Perini.
side comparison, every person on our technical team agreed that the Cisco solution best met our business needs,”
says Jason Morgan, senior network engineer, Tutor Perini. Unique advantages of the Cisco UCS included built-in
support for VMware and the fact that Cisco was already a trusted vendor for all of Tutor Perini’s business divisions.
“The Cisco UCS pricing was surprisingly competitive and the technology integrates very well with our storage area
network and Cisco switches,” says Edward Quiroz, director of infrastructure and help desk services, Tutor Perini.