Carnival Cruise Lines
Date
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9/1/2010
Across our fleet, the combination of VMware running on efficient Dell servers with EqualLogic storage arrays is proving to be a green solution, while also greatly reducing the cost of running our ships’ critical applications.
— Doug Eney, vice president, Information Systems Engineering, Carnival Cruise Lines, United States
Challenge
Each Carnival Cruise Lines ship operates as a self-sufficient environment in which power and floor space are limited, making IT efficiency a critical requirement.Solution
Carnival began virtualizing shipboard servers using VMware® vSphere™ running on Dell™ PowerEdge™ servers with Intel® Xeon® processors and Dell EqualLogic™ storage arrays.Benefits
• Approximately 60 percent reduction in physical footprint of servers on ships• 100 percent availability for shipboard virtual servers over the past six months
• Shoreside management possible for storage arrays on ships at sea
