HP ProLiant 1600 Server Consolidation with Compaq ProLiant Servers - Page 9

Server Consolidation with Compaq ProLiant Servers 9 Corporations with dedicated storage pools for each server in their network may benefit from storage consolidations highly available and manageable features • The Compaq Network and Systems Integration Services team will help you plan your consolidation efforts, assuring a smooth and cost efficient implementation. STORAGE CONSOLIDATION Organizations that benefit from storage consolidation, a form of physical consolidation, often have a dedicated and rapidly growing storage capacity for each server in their network. Whether servers are centralized or distributed, dedicated disk and tape volumes deter data sharing, complicate information security, make backups more difficult to administer, and greatly increase the cost and complexity of growing a storage farm. As the importance and volume of data grows, continuous access becomes critical and data management becomes more complex. Storage consolidation provides pools of highly available, flexible and centrally managed storage that can be distributed to provide the performance and availability demanded by applications. In addition, storage consolidation enables organizations to better manage growth, control security and information access, and it provides rapid response to changing business demands. ECGO30/0499 Figure 3: Storage Consolidation allows multiple servers to access a shared storage repository Benefits of Storage Consolidation Storage consolidation provides numerous benefits to organizations, including: • Highly scaleable storage: enabling administrators to manage growth and quickly respond to changing business needs. • Highly available and fault tolerant storage: providing continuous and reliable access to data. • Improved data management: and protection from consolidated storage. • Increased storage utilization: from allocating storage via a centrally managed pool of storage. • Reduced administrative costs: and time required to troubleshoot problems. • Platform independence: enabling sharing of data and simplified backup procedures.