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8/9/2019 Simplot Australia Takes Virtualization Beyond Test and Development
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The Answer is simple for simploT AusTrAliA:
embrAce VirTuAlizATion
Funded in 1995, Simplt Australia is a whlly wned subsidiary the J R Simplt Cmpany, a privately held
d and aribusiness crpratin based in Bise, Idah with annual sales mre than $US3 billin.
Simplt Australia frst bean usin virtualizatin as a way t create a test & develpment envirnment with
in its ranizatin. Impressed with the results, the cmpany used VMware Inrastructure 3 and Intel-base
hardware t create a secnd cluster r prductin machines and bean miratin servers nt this virtua
platrm.
Because we lease all ur hardware, each server we mirate ver is a server we n lner have t pay t
lease, says Steve Price, Systems Enineer at Simplt Australia. That enerates sinifcant cst savins. And
all the new servers weve deplyed can be deplyed virtually, s theres additinal cst savins there t.
Mre than 60 percent the IT inrastructure at Simplt Australias crprate fce has been virtualized, and
the VMware/Intel based platrm has been deplyed at tw remte fces as well as the cmpanys disaste
recvery (DR) lcatin. Havin VMware runnin at ur DR site allws us t keep ur critical servers runnin
and up t date, s in the unlikely event a disaster at ur head fce, we can switch ver t these replicatedmachines at the DR site in a very shrt space time, says Price.
I Customer SnapshotIn some cases, we found that once we migrated machines
to the VMware platform, they actually ran better virtually than
they did on their old physical hardware platform. I think that
says a lot about VMware solutions and their ability to really
take advantage of Intels latest processors
Steve Price
Systems Engineer, Simplot Australia
inDusTrY FooD & BEVERA
HIGHLIGHTS
CHALLENGE
Shit IT inrastructure twards virtualizatin
SOLUTION
VMware and Intel technly creates an ideal
platrm r virtualizatin erts, rm test &
dev and prductin envirnments, t disaster
recvery.
VMWARE AND INTEL AT WORK
VMware Inrastructure 3 Enterprise, eaturin:
ESX Server 3
IBM x3650 servers with Intel Xenprcessrs attached t EMC ClarinCX-320C SAN
VirtualCenter 2.5
VMtin
Distributed Resurce Scheduler (DRS)
Hih Availability (HA)
DEPLOYMENT ENVIRONMENT
guest peratin systems: Windws 2000,
Windws 2003 (32 & 64 bit)
Virtualized Applicatins: Micrst SQL,
Micrst Exchane 2007, Micrst
Sharepint, SMS, Citrix, Ltus Ntes,
HP openView, HP ServiceDesk, fle and
print servers, DNS and DHCP servers,
Cisc ACS, Cisc Security Aent Servers,
MimeSweeper Mail gateway, Micrst
Active Directry Dmain Cntrllers, Mi-
crst Prject Server, Micrst ILM, Mi-
crst BizTalk Server, Micrst Systems
Centre operatins Manaer, MicrstSystems Centre Cnfuratin Manaer, in
huse applicatin servers, Supply Chain
Servers, Sales Frce Autmatin Servers,
Citect & Ampla Servers (at remte sites),
Activate, HP NNM.
RESULTS
Reduce annual IT csts. our ttal n-
in yearly savin is $352,854, saysPrice. We expect this fure will nly
increase with pwer csts risin and
mre servers miratin acrss t ur
virtual platrm.
Save $133k per year in server hard-
ware leasin csts rm physicalservers nt required
Save $50k per year in server hard-
ware leasin csts rm mirated
physical servers
Save $59,303 per year in pwer csts
Save $110,551 per year in clin csts
Strenthen DR capabilities. Prir t
havin VMware, it wuld have taken usdaysand, in sme cases, weekst
recver servers, says Price. Nw it
just a matter minutes.
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