HP Boosts Red Bull Technology

Hewlett-Packard Development Company,
L.P. announced that Red Bull Technology, the company that designs,
engineers and builds the chassis for the Red
Bull Racing Formula One team, has boosted its IT capacity and performance
with HP 3PAR Storage.

The company noted that the HP 3PAR solution enables Red Bull
Technology to respond to the demands of Formula One racing and stay ahead of
the competition.

Red Bull Technology worked with OCSL, an HP
2012 Gold Converged Infrastructure Specialist, to deploy a scalable solution
that has increased storage capacity and performance, and eliminated the
bottlenecks that were slowing applications.

"Red Bull Technology is a
company where decisions need to be made fast, so we need a scalable,
high-performance storage platform that supports our advanced IT applications,"
said Matt Cadieux, CIO, Red Bull Technology. "Our new HP storage system enables the team to get the most out of
critical engineering, manufacturing and trackside applications, which are vital
to improving the performance of our cars. HP 3PAR Storage has also
future-proofed the system by providing us with the scalability to handle
desktop virtualization and more complex simulations over the next two years.
The quality of HP’s technical resources and support has contributed to an
excellent relationship."

Red Bull Technology’s structured data is now held on the HP 3PAR system for
analysis to support decisions from chassis design to race strategy, HP
reported. Tiered storage in each chassis ensures that the most active data is
always accessible, while HP 3PAR Adaptive Optimization Software, an autonomic
storage-tiering solution, increases agility and minimizes risk.

The company added that dual-redundant HP 3PAR F400 Storage systems
in Red Bull Technology’s two data centers provide a mirrored system
between sites for DR. For additional security, HP 3PAR GeoCluster Software
automates Red Bull Technology’s DR process by automating storage failover
between primary and backup sites to ensure business continuity. Off-site tape
backup and rapid application recovery are both enabled by HP 3PAR Virtual Copy
Software, which delivers point-in-time snapshots of data.

HP said that its 3PAR Thin Provisioning Software allows Red Bull
Technology to manage storage capacity upgrades in line with actual usage.
Tedious and time-consuming manual administration is decreased through
automation and centralized management. The whole storage environment is
scalable, giving the IT team the ability to change and expand its data storage
provisioning without pre-planning or downtime.

"HP storage enables Red
Bull Technology to make fast, accurate decisions by ensuring that
mission-critical data is protected and accessible," said Warren Duke,
director, Storage, UK, HP. "It
supports the company’s constantly evolving design and manufacturing activities
and reduces storage costs."