HP Guarantees to Double 3Par Performance

Hewlett-Packard Development company, L.P announced the HP Get Virtual Guarantee Program, enabling clients to improve server virtualization return on investment by doubling physical server virtual machine performance when deploying HP 3PAR Storage in VMware environments.

The program promises qualified participants a minimum two times increase(Clients deploying HP 3PAR systems with VMware vSphere, version 4.1 or later are guaranteed a 2x increase in virtual machine density on physical servers in comparison to their VM density with previously installed storage.) in virtual server density by doubling the total virtual machine workload on existing physical servers. This program can reduce the costs of a customer’s growing VMware virtualization environment.

If a two times increase in virtual server density is not achieved, HP will provide participants with the disk capacity and related HP software and support necessary to achieve the guaranteed program results.

A component of HP Converged Infrastructure, 3PAR Storage delivers storage performance for the unpredictable workloads typically generated in virtual server environments, as well as in public, private and hybrid cloud environments. It is integrated with VMware vStorage technologies and combined with built-in features such as the 3PAR Gen4 ASIC, automatic load balancing, wide striping and a Mesh-Active clustered architecture, enabling clients to maintain peak infrastructure performance levels as new virtual servers are brought online.

"We needed to significantly boost capacity without adding to the physical or administrative footprint of our virtual server environment," said Gary Collins, founder and director at Intercept IT Ltd, a hosting service provider. "HP 3PAR Storage was the only system that allowed us to support twice as many virtual machines on each of our physical servers while meeting all of our data center upgrade goals."

"To manage exponential data growth, organizations need a storage architecture that can meet their requirements without increasing data center size and maintenance expenses," Gary Green, VP, Global Strategic Alliances, VMware. "HP’s Get Virtual Guarantee Program, leveraging high-performance HP 3PAR Storage and VMware cloud infrastructure, can help our customers maximize physical resource utilization and drive down costs."

Program availability
The HP Get Virtual Guarantee Program is available to clients globally through HP and authorized channel partners. To participate in the program, qualified participants must purchase a 3PAR Storage System with 3PAR Optimization Suite Software for autonomic load balancing and 3PAR System Reporter Software. Clients also must be running VMware vSphere version 4.1 or higher.