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3PAR Server Provisioning Solutions

The Challenge The advent of Linux, blade servers, and virtual server software has created a set of advantages but at the same time has exacerbated traditional server management issues. Typical management activities include:

• Provisioning/Installing
• Patching
• Repurposing
• Upgrading
• Recovering

Multiplied by dozens of potentially dispersed servers, attempting to execute these tasks in a rapid and consistent way can lead to errors, disruption, and inefficiency.

Unique Solution Benefits3PAR^® offers a compelling solution based simple idea: what if the "state" (or personalities) of your servers were created, tested, and managed centrally but rolled out to your servers effortlessly and efficiently? 3PAR Virtual Copy snapshot technology makes the provisioning of "golden" operating system and application images uniquely flexible, scalable, and efficient.

Instant "Bare Metal" Provisioning	Provision a server in minutes. Adding or recovering a server is as simple as mounting a copy of the golden boot/application image.
Easy Server Patch Management	Make rolling out changes a snap. Keep growing server farms patched and up-to-date using a standardized, centralized golden image set.
Customize Without Compromising Consistency or Protection	Customize virtual copies of your golden image sets on a server-by-server basis. Protect histories of  those golden images using read-only snapshots.
Avoid Mirrored Boot Capacity Costs	Virtual copies of master images mean only a single investment in protected boot capacity.