Always keen to squeeze out more utilization from the existing IT
infrastructure, mid-sized firm, Hexaware undertook a detailed
capacity planning exercise to find current utilization trends and
to forecast future workloads. The data collected was analysed to
arrive at a consolidation ratio.
Subsequently, Hexaware designed an architecture where factors such
as consolidation, high availability, prioritizing resources on
business demand were considered on priority. The focus was to have
the end design compliant with data center 3.0 standards.
In line with this objective, the firm deployed 10 new servers with
the capacity of executing high computing workloads. With a
consolidation ratio of 1:21, Hexaware succeeded in reducing
9,30,033 kg of CO2 emission reduced and power saving of 1,528,987
kWh. Virtualizing 231 physical servers is estimated to have an
effect of planting 4,620 trees or taking 347 cars off the highway.
Additionally, Hexaware used the Unified Fabric approach to reduce
cable requirements by 90 percent. N+1 redundancy was deployed for
server, storage and network.
The consolidation initiative has enabled Hexaware to gain close to
25 percent reduction in upfront costs. Similarly, the overall costs
for technical support are now down by over 40 percent. This has
significantly helped in the reduction of Selling, General and
Administrative Expense (SG&A) costs.
Note: Hexaware Technologies is an EDGE winner. The
complete list of EDGE winners is published in the October 2010
Print issue of InformationWeek India
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