3PAR FOR LINUX LOVERS

Migrating your Utility Computing environment over to Linux?

Linux has more than 20 million users and is growing rapidly with its outstanding cost efficiency, performance and flexibility.

3PAR brings more responsiveness and “utility” to your Utility Computing environment by letting your Linux servers change tasks simply and easily as demand dictates. Based on the application processing required, users can remotely load the needed OS/application stack for one or many Linux servers – all from a single 3PAR-managed boot image. These task-specific image sets can then be customized server-by-server if needed.

By using 3PAR Virtual Copy (pdf) to manage and create these image sets, 3PAR takes the challenge out of managing and provisioning storage capacity across scores of Linux-based servers and "blades" from Egenera and other vendors. 3PAR Virtual Copy delivers minimal capacity consumption but, more importantly, version control and instant provisioning of operating system or application binaries are centrally administered and tested over time. For new servers, provisioning storage capacity and boot images has never been easier or more efficient.

And with 3PAR Virtual Copy DBA (pdf), you can maintain high availability for your Oracle 9i/Linux environment by instantly recovering after an accidental deletion or corruption. 3PAR VCDBA intelligently takes a non-disruptive and consistent snapshot of an entire Oracle data set. Snapshots from dozens of points in time can be kept online economically, allowing you to recover immediately without going to tape and without extended log playback.

3PAR Utility Storage is tested and validated with RedHat, SuSE and Linux server platforms. 3PAR also supports Oracle 9i RAC in Linux environments.

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EGENERA: STRENGTHENING THE VALUE OF
UTILITY COMPUTING

Egenera teams with 3PAR for a comprehensive server and storage virtualization offering

The relationship between Egenera and 3PAR capitalizes on the IT trend towards Utility Computing infrastructures. Working together, Egenera and 3PAR completed rigorous interoperability and availability testing for the Egenera BladeFrame and 3PAR InServ Storage Server combination. In addition, the two companies offer a cooperative support agreement to ensure superior customer service.

The value of this solution is demonstrated by 3PAR customers Matsushita Electric Works Information Systems, Co., Ltd (NAiS-IS) of Osaka, Japan and SAVVIS Communications in the United States, the United Kingdom and Japan.

• NAiS-IS owns and manages a large central data center with global high-speed networks that link more than 2,200 sites in Japan and overseas.
  

We chose the Egenera and 3PAR combination because
it is the best-in-class Utility Computing solution for us
to meet our customers' needs...

—Akira Sakaguchi, Corporate Network Solutions Division,
Matsushita Electric Works Information Systems (NAIS-IS)

• The SAVVIS virtualized services delivery platform marks a totally virtualized Utility Computing environment, made possible through the unique technologies of 3PAR and Egenera.

...Egenera, Inkra and 3PAR are leading the industry with proven products. Through their combined solution, SAVVIS can provide its customers with the most comprehensive
set of managed utility services available...

—Rob McCormick, Chairman and CEO,
SAVVIS Communications

For more information
Read about 3PAR Alliance Partners
3PAR press release: Egenera and 3PAR
3PAR press release: SAVVIS Communications
Enterprise Storage Forum: Egenera, 3PAR Team for Utility Computing
eWeek: Egenera, 3PARdata Strengthen the Data Center

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INTERNATIONAL EXPANSION

3PAR expands international presence into the U.K. and Korea

3PAR continues to expand distribution of its Utility Storage storage solutions internationally. Over the last six to seven months, 3PAR has opened an office in London, signed on two IT solution providers in the United Kingdom and, most recently, brought on a reseller in Korea.


For more information
U.K. expansion press release
3PAR U.K. Solution Delivery Partners

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$32 MILLION!

Earlier this year 3PAR secured a fourth financing round from Menlo Ventures and others due to its successful customer traction and massive market opportunity. The funds raised in this round continue to enable further expansion into the U.K., Europe and Asia.

What attracted us to 3PAR was the company's big name customer traction, proven product, excellent customer satisfaction, and a solid path to profitability...

—Mark Siegal, Menlo Ventures

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3PAR press release: Funding

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