david palme portland schools. why i’m here today portland public schools small department 1.5 fte...
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Virtualization with HC3. A cost effective, highly available, easy to use alternative to VM Ware.
David PalmePortland Schools
Why I’m Here Today Portland Public Schools
Small Department 1.5 FTE Old Equipment
20 Servers (8 10+ years old, 5 ESXI, 5 6-8 years old) Decreasing Funding Limited Time to Learn a New Technology Can’t Stop Meeting Needs My motto for replacing technology: Is there something better,
cheaper?
This Summer it was Servers…Virtualization: The easy choice: ROINeeded Robust Solution: ESXI: Not Enough.Needs (replace 8 servers):
Two ServersSANRobust SwitchingVsphere Essentials PlusInstallation and Configuration
Cost and Complexity?
Scale HC3Who is Scale?What is HC3?
Built on open source technology (Red Hat KVM)Datacenter-in-a-Box:
Centralized Management Interface Managed Storage Servers Specifically Designed and Configured Virtualization Software Low Cost Growth
Availability of a virtualized server and SAN Scalability of a clustered infrastructure Simplicity of a single server
Virtualization
StorageServers
Complexity of Virtual Infrastructure Made Easy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdlAePajvJs
Why HC3?CostEasy to Set UpEasy to ConfigureEasy to ManageNo Software to LicenseRoom to GrowData Speed of a Storage CompanyInteroperability of Hardware
The Setup Process
Pre-Installation AssessmentDelivery and SetupUpdates
HC3 SpecsUp to 15 VMs per node (depending on RAM use)28gb RAM per node8 cores per node1.2tb HDD per node
HC3 Other ItemsVLANP2V, V2VSnapshottingNew Company to this type of productDrives limited to 3NICs
Demo
Comparison: HC3 vs. VM WareScope: HC3 vs. VSphere Essentials PlusFeatures Compared:
Vmotion = HC3 Live MigrationVM Ware HA (With SAN) = HC3 HA (3 Nodes: 30% vs
2 Servers: 50%)VM DR (with SAN) = HC3 DR
Compare: HC3 vs. VM WareSupport and Support/Installed BaseExpansion
Hardware. VMWare: New Server vs. HC3: New NodeSoftware. VMWare: After 3 servers: VSphere
Enterprise Plus ($$$) vs. HC3: add another node ($$)Add-ons: VMWare: additional cost vs. HC3: Free
Cost Comparison
