Success stories: 'Tru64 to RHEL' category

HOPS is a leading provider of data analytic tools and products, utilizing its unique data analysis engine to quickly get clients to places they have never been before. The HOPS data analysis engine is an innovative solution for maintaining and analyzing massive amounts of data—hundreds of terabytes and greater. Combining unparalleled speed, compression and sorting capabilities, HOPS is one of the fastest data analysis tools ever produced blasting through the scalability issues that limit traditional database solutions. What’s more, HOPS is delivered using a software-as-a-service (SaaS) model, enabling customers to gain all the benefits of a high-performance, highly secure data center that’s accessible 24×7, without incurring the capital and operating expenses associated with such an environment.

Approach
Deploy HOPS data analysis engine on HP Integrity rx6600 server with Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Business technology improvements
• Increased the speed of database scan by 97 percent
• Ensured high system availability and reliability
• Gained Linux training and certifications to easemigration from UNIX

Business outcomes
• Enabled dynamic reporting on billions of data records
• Met highly demanding service-level agreements (SLAs)
• Gained eight times the performance at one quarter the cost

The key to delivering blazing-fast data analysis results over the web is running HOPS on a high-performance and highly reliable infrastructure. For years, HOPS relied on a RISC-based HP AlphaServer system with Tru64 UNIX. As this system approached end of life, the company searched for a new system that could take HOPS to a whole new level. After a thorough evaluation of leading systems, HOPS chose HP Integrity servers and Red Hat Enterprise Linux

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Company: CQUniversity Australia (Central Queensland University

Industry: Higher Education

Geography: Australia

Opportunity: To migrate from an HP Tru64 Unix environment to a cost-effective and performance-boosting platform within Central Queensland University’s budget

Migration Path: HP Tru64 Unix to Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Red Hat Satellite Server on HP 7000c Blade and BL460c Blade Servers

Software: Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Red Hat Network Satellite, Oracle 10g RAC, PeopleSoft Enterprise Applications (Finance & Student Administration), Talent2 Works (HR)

Hardware: HP 7000c Blade System and BL460c Blade Servers

Benefits: Experienced increased cost savings, performance, ease of management, and reliable ongoing support

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Industry: Travel

Geography: Global

Business Challenge: To increase performance, reduce costs, and expand scalability for a mission-critical, rapidly evolving IT architecture requiring 100 percent uptime

Migration Path: Unix to Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Software: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

Hardware: HPx86 and Intel

Benefits: Achieved system reliability, 90 percent cost savings, 3x performance gains, and unmatched scalability, while standardizing its IT infrastructure on Red Hat Enterprise Linux

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Industry: Utilities, Government

Geography: Western Australia

Business Challenge: Decrease technology costs by avoiding expensive hardware replacement fees and improving performance and manageability

Migration Path: Tru64 Unix to Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Software: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.6, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.1, Oracle 9i
Hardware: 30 x HP DL385 (AMD Opteron)

Benefits: Increased performance by nearly 500 percent, achieved significant cost savings of approximately $140,000 per machine and gained reliable support from a trusted vendor

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Industry: Financial Services

Challenges: Handle highly volatile user traffic and accomodate rapid growth. Seamlessly migrate from legacy UNIX-RISC environment. Improve network performance, while simultaneously reducing costs. Eliminate downtime

Solution: Software: Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Oracle 9i Database & Order Routing System

Benefits: Enterprise Linux on x86 servers generate 10 times more performance than the earlier UNIX-RISC infrastructure. Linux’ inherent security provides a hassle free solution.
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32 node and 96 node clusters power national research projects

Industry: Academia

Challenges: Modernize and scale proprietary, SMP-UNIX infrastructure. Set up a high performance computing environment that can handle cutting edge research projects. Simplify management and system administration.

Solution: Software: Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Hardware: AMD64 and Intel 32-bit servers

Benefits: Improvement in performance and overall computation time through 64-bit x86 servers. Significant TCO reduction by eliminating the need for proprietary licenses and RISC based hardware. Freedom to modify and work with the source code

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