Case Study

Guangzhou Securities creates platform for future growth HPE CloudSystem integrates existing Objective Create a flexible, scalable and efficient infrastructure to maximise IT resources IT infrastructure capable of supporting business growth while making full use of existing IT Investments

Approach Discussed options with long-term data centre supplier, Hewlett Packard Enterprise

IT Matters • Enabled remote monitoring of servers, storage and applications and centralised IT management • Automated allocation of IT resources, improving efficiency and reducing the need for human intervention • Maximised the use of existing IT resources

Business Matters • Provided the infrastructure to support business growth IT has become an important Challenge • Created an environment that is capable of reacting quickly to force in the development Disjointed infrastructure changing needs of the financial securities Established in 1988 by the People’s Bank • Reduced IT investment costs of China, Guangzhou Securities is one of by introducing vendor-neutral industry. Guangzhou the oldest securities firms in China. It is compatibility Securities is using now part of the giant Yuexiu Group with offices throughout China, but remains based HPE CloudSystem to in Guangzhou. build a The company covers the core services of the platform with an securities market – brokering, investment, Infrastructure-as-a-Service underwriting, trading and sponsorship. Its activities are regulated by the China (IaaS) layer. This solution Securities Regulatory Commission and in will virtualise and pool 2013 Guangzhou successfully upgraded to AA status. However, compared to the various physical resources top securities companies it remains a within the infrastructure relative newcomer. and implement virtual machine resource sharing and scheduling in data centre servers. Case study Industry Page 2 Guangzhou Financial Services Securities

“Guangzhou Securities introduced cloud computing technology and related equipment to achieve operational and maintenance management automation and processes while improving resource utilisation and reducing overall costs.” – Manager of IT department, Guangzhou Securities

As an information-intensive industry, The business needed to urgently financial services management is highly re-engineer its IT systems architecture. dependent on IT. Guangzhou Securities has The new platform-based IT infrastructure always sought out the latest technology should deliver applications and services to create the most solid and stable IT quickly and flexibly. Also, resources should infrastructure. As the business has grown, be deployed through an integrated the company’s data centre has gradually architecture, reducing management and introduced numerous servers and storage maintenance costs. products of different brands. Solution This has created a number of challenges for the business. With multiple PC-only Maximising existing investments server brands, including Hewlett Packard Guangzhou Securities is a long-term HPE Enterprise, IBM and Dell, there is a lack collaborator, using HPE equipment in the of integrated cross-platform control. construction of its data centre. Working This makes it difficult to integrate the from HPE recommendations, the company distribution of more than 200 VMware decided to introduce cloud computing virtual machines. In addition, the application technology to optimise and integrate its types running on these devices are varied IT systems. This option would make full and difficult to modify. use of existing IT hardware resources by automating and streamlining operation Ultimately, the resource utilisation rate and maintenance management, improving for these servers is relatively low with resource utilisation rates and reducing bottlenecks at peak times. The server overall costs. estate lacks the flexibility and scalability to support business growth which means that The solution requires Guangzhou Securities Guangzhou Securities is unable to adapt to buy into the concepts of Converged quickly to changing needs. Infrastructure and Infrastructure-as- a-Service (IaaS). On this basis, HPE recommended an HPE CloudSystem solution suitable for private cloud and business- critical environments. Case study Industry Page 3 Guangzhou Financial Services Securities

This builds a standard cloud computing Guangzhou Securities’ cloud computing platform architecture using the HPE Matrix platform is deployed in two stages. In the Operating Environment with HPE ProLiant first stage, HPE CloudSystem helps build BL680c G7 servers, HPE ProLiant DL380p a turn-key cloud environment. Automated Gen8 servers and HPE 3PAR StoreServ 7400 design, configuration and capacity planning storage based on an Intel® Xeon® processor, and disaster recovery are combined through along with a virtualisation platform using a self-service portal, providing a command VMware software. This means all kinds centre that consolidates key workloads, of resources can be shared and allocated such as workloads from physical and virtual dynamically, and that every brand of rack environments. The second stage rapidly server or virtual machine currently in the deploys non-core application systems, Guangzhou Securities data centre can such as online bidding and BI, through be implemented and maintained through the HPE CloudSystem. integrated management tools. Benefits In this project, the server resource pool consists of two newly purchased Easier to manage HPE ProLiant BL680c G7 servers based Vendor lock-in is eliminated with this on an Intel® Xeon® processor and 14 data heterogeneous open system which provides centre rack servers running non-core deployment, monitoring, compliance and business applications. The HPE Matrix oversight across all applications, services Operating Environment allows Guangzhou and infrastructure. The Guangzhou Securities’ existing 200+ virtual machines Securities data centre’s existing HPE, to be integrated into the cloud computing Dell and IBM rack servers are integrated resource pool. An HPE ProLiant DL380p into the new platform architecture, offering Gen8 serving as a CMS server provides significant savings in computing resources. unified management in many areas, Future expansion will not be restricted to including server assets, virtualised resources a particular brand or product, and will be and health status. The storage resource compatible with the products or solutions pools consist of one HPE 3PAR StoreServ of mainstream manufacturers, guaranteeing 7400 with 21.6TB of raw capacity, while Guangzhou Securities will make effective use the addition of two HPE Brocade 8/24 of its existing IT resources. SAN switches incorporates blade server and storage devices into an integrated SAN platform. Case study Industry Guangzhou Financial Services Securities

Customer at a glance The ability of HPE CloudSystem to quickly In addition, computing resources are shared, deploy, integrate and expand adaptable increasing the utilisation rate of hardware Hardware infrastructure enables Guangzhou devices. IT management is streamlined and • HPE CloudSystem Securities to complete infrastructure automated, increasing the IT infrastructure’s • HPE ProLiant BL680c G7 servers modifications quickly. application service response speed. • HPE ProLiant DL380p Gen8 servers Centralised management reduces IT • HPE 3PAR StoreServ 7400 storage Today, the solution has integrated management and maintenance workloads. networking, storage and computing • HPE Brocade 8/24 SAN switches resources, and is able to virtualise and pool The trend of building clouds has already Software a variety of the infrastructure’s physical gained widespread approval within • HPE Matrix Operating Environment resources. IT administrators can view all the the securities industry. Using an HPE information for each device at any time and CloudSystem environment based on an flexibly allocate resources. These can be Intel® Xeon® processor, HPE has designed dynamically added or reduced according to a road map to the cloud for Guangzhou business requirements, reducing the overall Securities, helping it make full use of its operating costs of the data centre. existing infrastructure while protecting previous IT investments. The performance and efficiency of the HPE Matrix Operating Environment and HPE blade devices are able to meet the Learn more at present and future development needs of hpe.com/helion Guangzhou Securities’ business platform.

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