BTInet
Date
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8/1/2010
Dell embedded management tools are allowing us to increase our revenue per square foot by 25 percent while saving us $4,000 per blade enclosure.
— Rob Morse, systems and systems security supervisor, BTInet, United States
Challenge
Eliminate cabling and management hassles associated with deploying large numbers of rack mount servers in a hosting environment. Save administration time and ensure consistency in an environment where blades move daily.Solution
Deploy Dell™ PowerEdge™ blade servers with Intel® Xeon® processors. Dell Lifecycle Controller and Dell Remote Access Controllers are integrated into the system board for simplified management with no KVM (keyboard, video, mouse) switch required. Servers are ready to go right out of the box.Benefits
- 25 percent more revenue per square foot
- $4,000 cost avoidance per blade enclosure by not having to purchase KVMs
- 80 percent reduction in cabling
- Two administrator hours saved each day in deployment and troubleshooting, saving $17,000 annually
- Fourfold faster troubleshooting of customer servers
- 75 percent or more reduction in wait time for customers to get servers (from 1–2 days to 2 hours)
- Higher availability with proactive Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) alerts
