In the old way of doing things, piecemeal servers just sit there: Underutilized, draining power and often wasting the storage capabilities of each separate environment.
Imagine, instead, data center operations as adjustable resources, everything from the power that flows into the systems, to the processor loads, to the storage where your applications reside. BladeSystem Matrix intelligently provisions these resources for up to 1,000 physical or virtual servers. It determines exactly what kind of hardware support your applications require and feeds them the resources they need to operate. And that includes application scaling, as well. If an application demands extra storage or processing power, BladeSystem Matrix can adjust resource distributions to match at a moment’s notice. The ability to adjust on-the-fly means fewer wasted resources and the flexibility to adopt larger or more demanding applications in the future.
In the typical jungle of a data center, adding a new application can be like hacking out a whole new trail, only to see it overgrown and useless when the next application comes along. You’re creating a highly customized solution that’s built on a combination of patches across a number of different operating environments. It’s a complicated scenario that often involves multiple teams to process the unique configurations, firmware and procedural variations, and integration efforts throughout a segmented hardware setup. And because each application has its own hardware and software requirements, teams can spend days, if not weeks, getting the set up right.
BladeSystem Matrix reduces configuration headaches by wrapping these critical details in a standards-based approach: Templates.
A template defines the best-practices scenario for deploying an application. That includes the resources the application needs to function, such as processing power and storage, plus all the configuration nuances involved in server setup.
Using either predefined or self-created templates, server administrators can deploy new applications in minutes. This streamlined approach can shave off as much as 87 percent of server operations and administration costs.2 Templates offer shareable, simple standards that transform application deployment into a push-button operation. That means no more staff hours spent hunting around the network for adequate capacity points or available resources. Templates also save the time and labor costs associated with manually configuring a data center’s various elements.
You shouldn’t have to wade through a nightmare of configurations and costs in order to successfully reach the market with any application. That’s why there are more than 10 separate services with one point of contact bundled into the BladeSystem Matrix. And that’s why you don’t have to change your hardware or internal procedures to make room for a BladeSystem Matrix in your existing data center.
Integration is at the heart of the modern data center transformation. BladeSystem Matrix enhances your existing infrastructure by helping you eliminate complicated customizations in favor of a streamlined, machine-shop approach to application deployment. This saves you time and money, allowing you to concentrate your resources and efforts on new business practices instead of IT shop-keeping.
