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Growing Internet Service Provider (ISP) Is Able to Boast Their Usage of HP ProLiant Servers to Gain New Clients

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Overview opus:interactive's needed an IT partner that would not only provide reliable equipment and service, but also provide flexibility, scalability, and rapid deployment when adding additional hardware and memory. opus:interactive provides Managed Internet Solutions to businesses who need online services such as Web Hosting, Managed Servers, Email Hosting, and High-Speed Internet access. To better serve their clients, the company decided to upgrade their data center from a mix of white boxes built from scratch to HP ProLiant servers. The company implemented 52 HP ProLiant servers within their growing 1,000 square foot data center and utilized VMware on the HP BL460c server blades to offer virtual dedicated managed servers for their clients and to run many of their internal business applications without having to purchase additional servers.

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Publisher	Hewlett-Packard (HP)	File Format	PDF
Date Published	November 2006
Format	Case Studies
Topics	Blades, Virtualization

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