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Utility Computing with 3cV: 3PAR, HP & VMware

The ChallengeIncreased demands on IT coupled with the traditional dedication of physical computing and storage resources have led to spiraling server and storage costs, datacenter sprawl, and time-intensive provisioning and change management.

3cV Benefits

Unique Solution BenefitsCoined by global banking leader Deutsche Bank, "3cV" stands for the combination of 3PAR^® Utility Storage with HP^® BladeSystem c-Class server blades and VMware^® Infrastructure. A proven blueprint for highly virtualized utility computing, 3cV delivers transformative levels of agility and efficiency to today's challenged IT environments.

Elements of this combined utility computing solution include:

• 3PAR InServ^® Storage Server—highly virtualized tiered-storage array built for utility computing. Organizations creating virtualized IT infrastructures for workload consolidation use 3PAR to reduce the cost of allocated storage capacity, storage administration, and SAN infrastructure.
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• HP BladeSystem c-Class Server Blades—the leading blade server infrastructure on the market for datacenters of all sizes. HP BladeSystem c-Class server blades minimize energy and space requirements and increase administrative productivity through advantages in I/O virtualization, powering and cooling, and manageability.
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• VMware Infrastructure—infrastructure virtualization suite for industry-standard servers. VMware Infrastructure delivers the production-proven efficiency, availability, and dynamic management needed to build the responsive datacenter.

3PAR, HP, and VMware work closely together to assure 3PAR Utility Storage, HP BladeSystem c-Class server blades, and VMware Infrastructure are certified for interoperability. 3PAR is a Premier-level member of the VMware Technology Alliance Partner (TAP) program. 3PAR is also a member of the HP BladeSystem Solution Builder Program. Learn more »