Case Study

Government

Data Center of the Future

Intel Solution Services Helps Transform Municipal Government's IT

Infrastructure with Dual-Core Intel Xeon Processor Based Servers and

VMware Virtualization Software

Challenges  " Transform Melton Shire's growing IT infrastructure into one that is easier to

manage and more resilient, enabling the rapid deployment of new server-

based applications

" Develop and run tests to demonstrate that the recommended infrastructure

will provide the performance, flexibility, and scalability to meet the Shire's

needs for the next three years

Solutions    " Intel Solution Services performed a detailed assessment of the current IT

environment and user requirements; the team then architected a virtualized

server infrastructure to meet those requirements and validated the proposed

architecture with testing

" Testing showed that two 4-way 64-bit Dual-Core Intel Xeon MP 7040

processor based servers with VMware virtualization software would easily

handle the load of 12 existing servers

" A standard server operating environment comprising Microsoft Windows* and

Microsoft SQL Server* will help improve administrative productivity and reduce

the skills needed to support the IT infrastructure

Benefits

" The use of powerful Dual-Core Intel Xeon MP 7040 processor based servers

reduced the number of servers needed from 12 to 2 lowering equipment

and IT administration costs while also providing enough headroom to handle

future growth

" The virtualized environment enables new servers and applications to be

deployed within minutes compared to three weeks previously; provisioning

and support downtime is reduced and almost eliminated

" Thorough testing and a detailed migration plan enabled the government to

move forward with full confidence in the costs and performance of the

recommended infrastructure

Melton Shire Steps Toward the

Future with Intel Enterprise IT

Architecture