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The value of Serviceguard for virtualised environments

HP integration delivers better efficiency and lower risk in helping you meet the availability challenge
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'I can do HA/DR with fewer staff, and lower cost.
I can do some of my admin with some of my level two people who can do some of the more complicated tasks, because Serviceguard and these tools work so well together.'
—Data Centre Manager
The mission: validate HP's claims
Independent analyst firm Hansa|GCR set out to examine user experience with and business value from HP's Serviceguard Solutions integrated with other virtualisation technologies.
The conclusion: HP Serviceguard Solutions yield better efficiency and lower risk
Through unique levels of automation, HP Serviceguard Solutions used with the virtualisation technologies within HP's CloudSystem Matrix with HP-UX offers a distinct advantage to users.
These capabilities have become so fundamental to efficiently achieving HA and DR objectives for these users that they see these tools as an essential part of their daily work lives.

Customer results

HP customers describe their business results:
  • Economic benefits of USD$100,000 to USD$200,000
  • 85 percent lower hardware costs
  • 24-month ROI for software licence savings
  • Lower staff to CPU ratios
  • Thousands of man-hours saved a month

Analyst conclusions

Hansa|GCR summarizes the Serviceguard advantage:
  • Completely virtualised
  • Optimises post-failover performance
  • More cost effective
  • Improved staff efficiency
  • More robust and reliable