IBM has announced that non-profit, Los Angeles County, California-based hospital, Antelope Valley Hospital is migrating from 70 Dell systems to just four virtualized IBM System x servers to dramatically improve data center performance and reduce energy costs. With fewer physical servers, the hospital's datacenter will run cooler and energy costs will be significantly reduced.
To provide the hospital with the high reliability it needs for their IT systems, Antelope Valley Hospital leaders turned to IBM System x3850 servers featuring IBM's X3 Architecture with three levels of memory protection and advanced systems management, and IBM System Storage DS4800. The advanced, integrated technologies enable the hospital to run more efficiently for staff and patient needs.
"Many patients don't realize how important IT systems are to the care they receive. It is critical that our systems have the advanced technology to help us stay at the forefront of patient safety and medical technology," said Humberto Quintanar, Antelope Valley Hospital's chief information officer. "The new IBM systems are more reliable and have increased capacities to meet our needs. Now, when we need to run a new application, we can simply add a new virtual server on IBM System x - cutting downtime from days to just minutes."