3PAR, a provider of utility storage, has announced a complete utility computing environment with IBM System p5 servers. The integration of 3PAR InServ storage servers featuring 3PAR thin provisioning and 3PAR dynamic optimization with IBM System p5 servers featuring advanced power virtualisation and virtual I/O provides customers with a completely virtualized IBM AIX data center in two floor tiles.
The virtual allocation and subsequent optimization of systems also speeds customer applications to market and frees precious human expertise from routine administration. For example, 3PAR dynamic optimization provides for the non-disruptive optimization of data service levels by enabling change of disk type, RAID level and other data layout parameters with a single command.
This capability eliminates the requirement for costly and disruptive offline data migration. Similarly, IBM Virtual I/O offers the dynamic optimization of I/O resources among multiple operating system partitions within a physical IBM System p5 server.
"For some, utility computing has been intangible and out of reach," said David Scott, president and CEO of 3PAR. "However, the technologies are now available to deliver meaningful utility computing implementations along with compelling cost savings."
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