HP virtualization with VMware Enabling end-to-end virtualization
HP is the world’s leading brand for x86 servers, storage, management software, services and support. Building on this core strength, HP ProLiant servers and HP BladeSystem provide ideal platforms for virtualization on industry-standard hardware.
With HP, you have the added assurance that comes with hardware and software that have been certified for VMware. HP tests and qualifies many of its products with VMware. This includes drivers, management agents, installation software and more. Certification allows you to run your business-critical applications with confidence, knowing HP has tested key components within the virtualized stack. Today, HP has more certified platforms for VMware than any other vendor—more than 30 HP ProLiant server models have been certified for use with VMware ESX Server.
By using HP BladeSystem, you can leverage the performance, density and low power consumption of server blades. A smaller solution footprint helps you make the most of the valuable space in your datacenter, and attachment to a storage area network (SAN) is economical.
HP StorageWorks
To take advantage of many of the features of VMware, including the ability to quickly move virtual machines to different physical servers, you will want to attach to a SAN. HP StorageWorks Storage Array Systems provide an ideal storage platform for virtualization over a SAN. Like HP ProLiant servers, HP StorageWorks Storage Array Systems are certified to perform well in VMware environments. What’s more, these storage systems lever- age the HP StorageWorks Grid, a comprehensive storage virtualization environment that provides a wide range of storage-level virtualization capabilities.
HP integrated virtualization management
Gain a single view of physical and virtual resources While many companies can provide hardware that works with VMware, no other company offers HP’s unique set of tightly integrated virtualization management capabilities. HP arms you with the tools you need to unify the management of physical and virtual assets within the same environment.
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