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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