Security and scalability without compromise
Built on innovative Intel® Xeon and Optane™ technologies, TruScale IaaS Intel On Demand enables effortless power compute capacity expansion on processor core and memory level.
Scale up or down according to need, instantly changing processor cores and frequencies to match workloads. This minimizes the risk of downtime due to insufficient compute capacity, while the pay-for-use consumption model eliminates over-provisioning.
FAQs
What is TruScale IaaS with Intel On Demand?
Ready access to pre-provisioned compute resources (powered by the latest Intel Xeon and Optane technologies) that dynamically scale to meet demand for compute resources.
It provides a fully on-premises cloud computing solution deployed behind a corporate firewall for data security and protection. Its flexibility allows a rapid increase in processing power to accommodate changing workloads without paying for the hardware needed to support extra compute capacity.
What benefits does the solution provide?
It helps organizations add new flexibility to their IT operations by providing:
- Instant deployment of additional processors to scale compute capacity as business grows
- Better control over capacity and revenue by activating additional CPU dark cores and memory only as needed
- Less IT hassle by eliminating the need to order, deploy, and configure hardware
- Reduced risk for potential downtime as a result of an insufficient compute capacity
- Flexible payment models that let customers choose if they want to pay based on processor power consumption or by VM instance
What are the advantages of this approach?
Enterprises can raise or lower compute resources at will to address increased demand during peak usage or to scale down resources during slower periods. The solution enables a hybrid cloud model while still keeping all hardware on premises and behind corporate firewalls. The solution is fully managed, with all services needed to get up and running (including system planning, installation, deployment, 24x7 monitoring, and service desk support). There is no need for the customer to purchase, install, and manage new hardware.
What services does TruScale IaaS with Intel On Demand offer?
Specific services available include:
- Proactive 24/7 monitoring using KPI metrics, thresholds, and alerts to proactively identify potential issues related to system capacity, availability, and/or performance
- Incident and problem management with 24/7 Support Center help desk
- Problem resolution of managed components through appropriate support channels
- Capacity, performance and availability management
- Configuration and change management
Why choose Lenovo and Intel for this new capability?
Lenovo prices compute utilization by metering power consumption, so customers are only charged for processor capacity that is actually powered on and processing a workload. Lenovo is currently the only IaaS provider using a power usage-based approach to billing. Customers can also choose a more industry standard VM-based billing model if they prefer.
Lenovo’s global network of partners also ensures customers of all types, regardless of size or geographic location, have access to the TruScale IaaS with Intel On Demand service.
Specifically, how does Lenovo’s metering solution for this offering work?
Lenovo’s proprietary metering solution measures power consumption at the node level. This allows the solution to be priced on the consumption level relevant to the customer’s business objectives. By basing the metering solution on power consumption, Lenovo never enters the customer data plane, so the solution poses no incremental security or data privacy concerns.
How do customers expand their compute capacity at the processor core and memory level using TruScale IaaS with Intel On Demand?
Necessary hardware is installed on site to support current and future processing needs. The customer is only billed for the processing hardware actively being used; dormant nodes are not billed unless they are used. If additional hardware is required later, a Customer Success Manager will help to identify additional infrastructure resources required.
Why choose Lenovo and Intel for this new capability?
Lenovo TruScale IaaS with Intel On Demand is available on Lenovo’s Enterprise ThinkSystem and ThinkAgile hardware portfolios.
Konecta Peru
All the advantages of public cloud, without any of the drawbacks.
Konecta Peru is one of the largest full-service Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) and contact center service providers in Peru, with some 1500 remote workers.
To serve an ever-growing client base, the company needed to allocate both human and IT resources dynamically – even during the disruption of COVID-19. To bring the benefits of public cloud to its on-premises data center, Konecta Peru hosted its new virtual desktop infrastructure solution on Lenovo TruScale Infrastructure Services.
“Lenovo TruScale Infrastructure Services gives us all the key advantages of the public cloud without any of the drawbacks, and with the best experience…we can respond to business needs quickly, easily, without worrying about infrastructure.”
Konecta Peru IT Director Carlos Rafael Alayo Velasquez.
TruScale Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS):
The latest data center hardware through a pay-as-you-go business model
Lenovo TruScale IaaS gives you all the power and strategic advantage of the latest data center technology – without the high upfront costs.
Lenovo TruScale IaaS solution services deliver:
- Hardware installation, deployment, and removal
- Implement best-practices deployment
- Continuous monitoring and proactive management
- Comprehensive Customer Portal
- Utilization metering, billing on consumption
- Quarterly Business Reviews, and Support Plan
- Health review and updates, as per customer schedule
- Dedicated Customer Success Manager
Right-sized, all the time
All the advantages of on-premises data center hardware and services through a pay-as-you-go model.
Quickly provision new capability
Easily scale without incremental capital investments, keeping you ready for peak performance and growth.
Stay ahead of change
Get the latest Lenovo hardware that meets your evolving needs and enjoy faster refresh cycles.
Security you control
Peace of mind, and the benefit of physical on-premises security, capacity control, and protection of your data.
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