Growing Beyond the Limits

“With the Dell server and storage virtualization solution, we can meet our users’ growing needs and still save approximately $70,000 per year in server replacement costs.”

- IT director, Maryland government agency

A Maryland government agency couldn’t grow within its data center, which had reached capacity with 58 physical servers that were underutilized.

The agency implemented a new model for data center efficiency with a Dell server and storage virtualization solution that enabled users’ ever-growing needs. The solution includes Dell^TM  PowerEdge^TM  servers and Dell/EMC SAN storage with VMware^®  and Dell PowerVault^TM  tape libraries.

• Run IT Better: Increased server utilization; backups are executed in a more timely manner; two-thirds reduction in tape handling time; server recovery in 15 minutes to 2 hours; 30% reduction in server maintenance and patch management time
• Grow IT Smarter: Virtualized 38 servers on 6 physical servers; reduced power and cooling requirements; estimated $70,000 annual cost avoidance for server lifecycle replacement; 3 to 5 year payback on virtualization investment