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Expert Server Group announces VIBE (Virtualization-in-a-Box)

VIBE

Key Features and Benefits

  • Easy setup wizard - Web-based wizard to customize and automate the installation and setup
  • Automatic network setup - Includes configuring the DMZ, VLAN, and firewall discovery
  • Storage mirroring - Servers preinstalled in a two-node cluster using asynchronous replication
  • Automatic creation of a virtual environment - Includes two VMware Infrastructure servers and a management server with VMware VirtualCenter and HP Storage Mirroring software

Key Differentiators

  • Preconfigured production-proven HP | VMware virtual infrastructure
  • Price point designed for mid-market and small businesses
  • Fully tested and supported based on best practice implementation
  • Simple installation (self-installs in less than 90 minutes)
  • Business continuity (servers backed up on a regular basis)
  • VMware virtual machine servers can be clustered to provide failover using HP Storage mirroring

Solution Overview

The VIBE (Virtual-in-a-Box Environment) is a ready-to-go solution for rapidly delivering a basic virtual infrastructure to your IT environment. Leveraging a web-based set-up wizard combined with VMware Infrastructure software and a HP BladeSystem server, the solution provides a pre-configured solution onto which you can:

  • Consolidate existing physical servers
  • Add up to 30 new virtual machines - 15 virtual machines per host server
  • Provide a disaster recovery solution through replication of the Virtual Machines

Value to You

With VIBE, it takes less than 90 minutes to build a basic VMware virtual infrastructure configuration on an HP BladeSystem c3000. This pre-configured, bundled package allows ease of entry into the cutting-edge world of virtual environments by removing the two most common barriers to virtualization - price and complexity. VIBE is a web-based setup wizard that customizes the HP BladeSystem installation, including installation and configuration of VMware Infrastructure 3 Foundation Edition, VMware VirtualCenter, operating system, and networking.

The VIBE solution offers an easy-to-purchase, easy-to-configure package to implement a HP | VMware virtual infrastructure. This reduces time, stress, and the costs of hardware and IT staff.

The VIBE bundle:

  • Reduces capital expenditures from reducing the number of servers, storage, and network devices to purchase, manage, and maintain
  • Consolidates servers, allowing you to retire or re-deploy older hardware
  • Provides pre-installed and pre-configured software - resulting in an automatic network configuration, cluster setup, and VMware Infrastructure
  • Includes a User Guide specific to your environment (This is a customized run book that walks you through your exact environment configuration; it is also a “how to” guide to help you create your first VM servers.)

Call 1.800.726.9797 for more information.

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