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ONE PLUS ONE EQUALS ONE: INFORMATIK FORGES DATA CENTER FROM A SINGLE MOLD

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Goal A data center that can be expanded at will to fit any workload; and that secures high computing power, clear and manageable structures, a high degree of automation, the greatest possible security and a flexible billing model.

Approach Complete change of IT approach towards a Software-Defined Data Center, based on two future‑oriented approaches: HPE Synergy and HPE GreenLake.

IT benefits • Simple and centrally controlled system management • Highest computing power • Expandable computing, storage, and IT service provider for combines two fabric resources future-oriented IT approaches into one overall • Security of an on-premises infrastructure with the technological solution on the road to becoming a software-defined and economic flexibility of private cloud services data center—with HPE Synergy and HPE GreenLake. • Complete control over the entire computing environment and all workloads, via one platform Full throttle for IT: Porsche Informatik needs of the automotive industry, but (HPE OneView) has completely renovated its data center. above all a vital step on the way to a Business benefits Now everything comes from one single “software-defined” data center. • Increases speed and agility in project source—thanks to HPE. What at first implementation sounded simple has turned out to be one “In today’s automotive industry, one thing • Enables maximum billing flexibility due of the most challenging and innovative counts above all else: being fast and to the “pay per use” principle data center approaches in Austria. Not agile,” explains Gerald Nezerka, Team • Avoids high initial costs only has the high-performance computing Leader, Virtualization & Storage at Porsche Informatik. The development time for • Enables the implementation of platform HPE Synergy, powered by Intel®, digitalization needs in the automotive moved into the Salzburg IT environment new technologies and time-to-market are industry of Porsche Holding’s in-house IT service getting shorter, while digitalization advances • Offers great potential for further provider, but also HPE GreenLake, a new continuously. The trend towards e-mobility development of additional services service model based on the “pay per use” has also added new spice to the IT mix—one • Enables simple, cross-border principle, has been adopted. For Porsche that flavors everything in Porsche’s own cooperation Informatik this is not only an important data center. move towards fulfilling the digitalization Case study Industry Page 2 Porsche Informatik Automotive industry

“In today’s automotive industry, one thing counts above all else: being fast and agile.” – Gerald Nezerka, Team Lead Virtualization & Storage, Porsche Informatik

That’s why it was time for Porsche the green light was given for the new Informatik, a wholly owned subsidiary and components. Since January, a total of eight IT service provider of Porsche Holding HPE Synergy 12000 frames equipped with based in Salzburg, to modernize its IT 38 HPE Synergy 480 Gen10 computer components from the ground up. This modules have been operational at Porsche radical approach was—in effect—to turn Informatik. Based on next generation Porsche Informatik’s entire data center Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors, which upside down. The result: Since the first half forms a powerful computing basis for the of 2019, new HPE Synergy components hybrid cloud infrastructure. By the end have been providing computing power for of June, another eight frames with 36 Porsche. What’s more, the combination with HPE Synergy 480 Gen10 and 16 dedicated HPE GreenLake has raised the flexibility NVIDIA® graphic processors for the virtual of the data center to new levels in terms of desktop infrastructure were added in a billing. Now Porsche Informatik only pays second wave of the modernization project. for the computing power that is actually Also new in‑house, is an additional frame used, by approximately 30,000 Porsche with eight HPE Synergy 480 computing employees in 29 countries around the world. modules and 26 TB storage that serves as an explicit “test lab” with which the production environment can be simulated 1:1. HPE SYNERGY—OPTIMAL HARDWARE AS THE A total of 32 HPE Synergy DS3940s with a combined capacity of more than BASIS FOR SOFTWARE 2.2 petabytes function as storage modules “Anyone like us, with a diverse and in this flexible, highly scalable infrastructure. multi‑layered hybrid infrastructure, wants This is equipped with all flash technology, clear, manageable systems, a high degree completely interlocked with VMware vSAN™, of automation and the greatest possible redundantly designed and thus fail-safe security, in addition to high computing in the stretched cluster connected via two power. HPE Synergy has given us all of data centers and—naturally—provided with this,” says Johannes Strasser, Virtualization automated failover. With the new 40GbE, Architect and “owner” of the new structure the network has also received a noticeable at Porsche Informatik’s data center. performance boost. “The performance differences to the predecessor environment Porsche Informatik has chosen a clear are significantly improved. Everything path—towards software, and therefore is running noticeably faster and more towards agility. With HPE Synergy, the smoothly—and the employees feel this too,” IT service provider has introduced a Strasser confirms about the new system. software‑defined infrastructure that, in hybrid cloud environments, quickly HPE OneView is the brain of the overall and easily assembles flexible pools with structure in the Porsche Informatik physical and virtual computing, storage, and data center. The management software fabric into any configuration and for any not only keeps track of the new composable workload. This is tailored to work seamlessly platform, but also gives Nezerka and his with the hybrid cloud services platform team full control over the entire computing VMware Cloud Foundation™ and customized environment, and individual workflows. for the specific requirements of Porsche “Now, no matter how big, short-term Informatik—features which are highly or ambitious the digitalization needs of appreciated by Nezerka and Strasser. Porsche Holding or the dealers of the entire VW Group are, thanks to HPE Synergy, we After six months of comparing market can plan and implement for this relatively offerings, planning and a short test phase, easily and quickly,” Nezerka says. Case study Industry Page 3 Porsche Informatik Automotive industry

HPE GREENLAKE centrally controlled system management, high level of automatization and security MAKES DATA CENTER of an on-premise infrastructure with the SOLUTION COMPLETE technological and economic flexibility of private cloud services. The result is an HPE GreenLake is the cherry on top of unparalleled return on investment. We the IT sundae, with the main differentiator definitely forged a future-oriented solution underlying this flexible service model being from a single mold for Porsche Informatik.” a consumption-based approach. Put simply, Porsche Informatik only pays, on a monthly basis, for the computing power that is ON THE WAY TO THE actually used. “HPE GreenLake optimally rounds off the Synergy solution. This also SOFTWARE-DEFINED gives us the financial freedom to act with DATA CENTER agility,” explains Nezerka. Totally software-defined—this is the goal What seems at first like a simple Porsche Informatik has set, so that in future software‑as-a-service model is actually so every employee can, “Simply click their own much more. This is especially in view of the IT worlds together as they are needed,” sheer size and organizational complexity as Nezerka casually puts it. But there’s of Porsche Holding, Europe’s largest car more to it than that, because the more dealer with countless brands, and worldwide automated the IT is, making the daily life of dealers from the VW Group, for which IT administrators easier, the more Nezerka, Porsche Holding is responsible. Ultimately Strasser and colleagues can concentrate it was the decisive financial advantage on what is really important: strategically that convinced the IT team, and thanks to thinking ahead and further developing HPE GreenLake, high initial procurement the platform. costs were avoided. Step by step, the migration of the entire “The combination of HPE Synergy and Porsche IT system into the new data center HPE GreenLake gives Porsche Informatik components is currently being driven the best of both worlds,” explains Markus forward, with the project scheduled to Dallinger, Enterprise Account Manager at run for five years, with staged expansion. HPE Austria. “The overall solution combines However, as Nezerka admits with a smile, the highest computing power, simple and “The target timeline shifts dynamically.” Case study Industry Porsche Informatik Automotive industry

“Anyone like us, with a diverse and multi-layered hybrid infrastructure, wants clear, manageable systems, a high degree of automation and the greatest possible security, in addition to high computing power. HPE Synergy has given us all of this.” – Johannes Strasser, Virtualization Architect, Porsche Informatik

Customer at a glance Today, the majority of Porsche Holding’s IT development industries. The Salzburg‑based already runs on the new platform—starting trading company was founded in 1949 Solution with the classic working environment and is active in 29 countries (status: by • HPE Synergy of Office 365 applications, through the end of 2018) in Austria, Western and • HPE GreenLake databases on dedicated servers, to virtual Southeastern Europe, Colombia, Chile, China, desktops that enable simple, cross-border Malaysia, Singapore, and Brunei. For more collaboration. The heart of Porsche information: porscheholding.com. Holding—the central, and extremely business-critical dealer management About Hewlett Packard Enterprise system—is to follow in 2020. Hewlett Packard Enterprise is a global technology leader focused on developing New projects and concepts also need to be intelligent solutions that allow customers implemented, and the head of the Porsche IT to capture, analyze and act upon data department is full of ideas—with good reason, seamlessly from edge to cloud. HPE enables as Nezerka concludes, “With HPE Synergy customers to accelerate business outcomes and HPE GreenLake, we have laid the by driving new business models, creating foundation for a software-defined data center. new customer and employee experiences, Now it’s up to us to exploit the full potential. and increasing operational efficiency today Whatever the future holds—we are ready.” and into the future. For more information about HPE (NYSE: HPE), visit hpe.com. About Porsche Holding GmbH Porsche Holding GmbH, headquartered in Salzburg, has been a wholly-owned LEAN MORE AT subsidiary of AG since 1 March hpe.com/synergy 2011 and operates in the wholesale, retail, financial services and IT system

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