Windows Server 2008 R2 Customer Solution Case Study Hospital Saves $260,000 and Achieves Critical High Availability with Virtualization “Using the $5,000 average cost each for 52 servers, we Overview Country or Region: United States have already saved $260,000 by using Windows Server Industry: Healthcare 2008 R2 with Hyper-V and virtualizing, instead of using Customer Profile a one-to-one ratio for physical machines.” Greenville Hospital System (GHS) is the largest healthcare system in South Patrick Meindl, Senior Systems Engineer, Greenville Hospital System Carolina, with five medical campuses, 100 Greenville Hospital System University Medical Center (GHS) clinical buildings, and more than 10,000 employees. provides healthcare services across South Carolina. Technology plays a key role at GHS, providing the critical systems that Business Situation The hospital faced server sprawl, providers need to care for patients. In order to create highly underutilized servers, and aging server available, cost-effective systems that not only keep the hospital hardware. It wanted to not only consolidate servers, but also find a highly viable, but also help ensure regulatory compliance, the available, cost-effective server solution. organization implemented a virtualization strategy built on Solution Window Server 2008 R2 with Hyper-V and Microsoft System GHS decided to virtualize its server Center products. By January 2012, GHS eliminated 25 physical environment by using Windows Server 2008 R2 with Hyper-V. It uses the servers, avoided acquiring 52 servers, and saved at least Microsoft System Center suite of US$260,000. The organization has a highly available products to manage its virtual and physical assets. infrastructure that is not only cost-effective, but easier to maintain. Impressed with the results, GHS will continue its Benefits Saved at least US$260,000 virtualization efforts and plans to virtualize almost 50 percent of Delivered high-availability systems its infrastructure, representing 300 virtual machines. Streamlined IT maintenance
Windows Server 2008 R2 Customer Solution Case Study Hospital Saves $260,000 and Achieves Critical High Availability with Virtualization Overview Country or Region: United States Industry: Healthcare Customer Profile Greenville Hospital System (GHS) is the largest healthcare system in South Carolina, with five medical campuses, 100 clinical buildings, and more than 10,000 employees. Business Situation The hospital faced server sprawl, underutilized servers, and aging server hardware. It wanted to not only consolidate servers, but also find a highly available, cost-effective server solution. Solution GHS decided to virtualize its server environment by using Windows Server 2008 R2 with Hyper-V. It uses the Microsoft System Center suite of products to manage its virtual and physical assets. Benefits Saved at least US$260,000 Delivered high-availability systems Streamlined IT maintenance “Using the $5,000 average cost each for 52 servers, we have already saved $260,000 by using Windows Server 2008 R2 with Hyper-V and virtualizing, instead of using a one-to-one ratio for physical machines.” Patrick Meindl, Senior Systems Engineer, Greenville Hospital System Greenville Hospital System University Medical Center (GHS) provides healthcare services across South Carolina. Technology plays a key role at GHS, providing the critical systems that providers need to care for patients. In order to create highly available, cost-effective systems that not only keep the hospital viable, but also help ensure regulatory compliance, the organization implemented a virtualization strategy built on Window Server 2008 R2 with Hyper-V and Microsoft System Center products. By January 2012, GHS eliminated 25 physical servers, avoided acquiring 52 servers, and saved at least US$260,000. The organization has a highly available infrastructure that is not only cost-effective, but easier to maintain. Impressed with the results, GHS will continue its virtualization efforts and plans to virtualize almost 50 percent of its infrastructure, representing 300 virtual machines.
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