Virtualization transforms it at leading european uniVersity The Uiversity Müster is e Germay's largest istitutis higher euati, with mre tha 38,000 stuets sprea amgst 15 ieret epartmets. Withi the uiversity, the atural siees epartmet is respsible r a evirmet 10,000+ users a 3,500+ mahies. Almst all the Wiws a Liux wrklas i the epartmet ru virtually: the wrklas were mve rm physial servers t a HP Blaesystem with the latest Itel Xe pressrs ruig the VMware Irastruture 3 platrm. This virtual irastruture has prvie superir perrmae while ireasig ease maagemet . Ater experieig suess usig VMware Irastruture 3 a Itel-pwere harware t streamlie its IT irastruture, the uiversity urther expae its use the tw tehlgies t stregthe its busiess tiuity apabilities. “We upliate the whle sluti i a se lati , rmig a ault-tlerat, ual si te VMware luster,” says Heiz-Herma Aam, tehial iretr r the atural siees epartmet. “We eel that ur istallati is a very g example hw leaig-ege eterpri se tehlgies a be suessully irprate a utilize withi the wrl aaemia t takle a umber IT halleges.” I Customer Snapshot “By leveraging VMware and Intel technologies for our virtualization efforts, we can handle an environment of 10,000+ users with just two or three full time people. That’s critical when you don’t have a lot of extra time or bodies on hand.” Heinz-Herman n Adam T echnical Director, University of Münster industry EdUcATIon HIGHLIGHTS CHALLENGE Trasiti rm a physial IT irastruture t a virtual IT irastruture withi a aaemi evirmet SOLUTION VMware ® a Itel tehlgy reates a salable a exible virtual irastruture t supprt uiversity IT gals. VMWARE AND INTEL AT WORK VMware ® Irastruture 3 Eterprise, eaturig: ESX Server 3 • ° HP -lass 480 blae servers with Itel Xe pressrs attahe t HP EVA 8000 SAn Virtualceter 2 • VMti • ™ distribute Resure Sheuler (dRS) • High Availability (HA) • DEPLOYMENT ENVIRONMENT Guest peratig systems: • Wiws 2003, Liux Virtualize Appliatis: Sassaras Key- • Server a Flex LM liese maagers, nX mahie cluster (Termial servies) Liux, Mirst Wiws Termialservies nLB cluster, Qurum e t Wiws Strage Server MnS nAS-Filer-cluster, Wiws deplymet Servies, Wiws Stware Upate Servies, Samba, MAee ePliy orhestratr, cr cetral Maager, atabase servers RESULTS Save zes hurs IT amiis- trati. “The ability t use VMware VMti arss all my Itel-base servers is a real time saver,” says Aam. “We a shit las aru t maiteae the servers urig the wrkay, rather tha havig t have peple me i the week- es r hurs.” Reue system wtime t miutes. “We have tw mputig eters at ieret builigs ampus,” says Aam. “Itel tehlgy helps us re- ate e share resure pl r ur virtual mahies – s, i e the mputig eters ails, we a just swith ver t the ther e, a i just a uple miutes, we’re bak i pruti.” Irease salability IT irastruture. “We have a 10:1 server sliati rati right w, but there’s ample rm t grw,” says Aam. “Leveragig Itel’s high perrmae, eergy e- fiet multi-re pressrs allws us t a virtual mahies as eee, withut impatig perrmae.” cpyright © 2009 VMware, I. All rights reserve. This prut is prtete by U.S. a iteratial pyright a itelletual prperty laws. VMware pruts are vere by e r mre patets liste at http://www.vmware.m/g/pate ts. VMware is a registere traemark r traemark VMware, I. i the Uite States a/r ther jurisitis. All ther marks a ames metie herei may be traemarks their respetive mpaies. The Foundation of Virtualization
