1. Bring Consolidation Into Focus The Value of Compaq AlphaServer and Storage Consolidation Solutions Joseph Batista Director Enterprise & Internet Initiatives

2. 2 Agenda: Compaq Consolidation Solutions  Compaq’s Corporate Vision: The edge of the network  Compaq’s Consolidation Capabilities  Case Studies  The Acid Test

3. 3 Services ProLiant Windows 2000 Enterprise Storage Himalaya Alpha Capable, Manageable Clients Task- Smart Compaq Products and Services Billions of Internet devices

4. 4 Requirements for success: Servers  Scalability  Availability  Performance  Clustering  Management ease  Flexible configuration  Methodology  Proven success Operational Costs/ Savings Service Levels Customer Value © Itcentrix Inc. 2000 Business Flexibility Time-to-Market

5. 5 Hardware, software, and network Staff utilization Server utilization Storage utilization Asset management Operational Costs/Savings Availability Number of customers Number of users Application value Impact of downtime Performance Service Levels Application deployment Rate of application change Application value Speed of data access Business Flexibility Time-to-Market Cycle time Revenue impacts Responsiveness Customer Value © Itcentrix Inc. 2000 Business impact of server consolidation PeopleAssets Business Results

6. 6 Compaq server and storage consolidation services Benchmark Service Server Consolidation Pilot Server Consolidation Architecture & Design Availability Mgmt Services Mgmt & Outsourcing Availability Support Server Consolidation Awareness Workshop Server Consolidation Assessment Customer needs determine point of entry Migration Services Implementation Services

7. 7 Scalable performance, high availability, flexibility, manageability Tru64 UNIX (plus Linux), OpenVMS, Clusters ES Series 1-4 processors DS Series 1-2 processors AlphaServer consolidation SC Series 1000s processors GS Series 1-32 processors EV67 Alpha Processor  Outstanding performance and scalability  Business critical application availability  Industry-leading cluster technology  Dynamic hardware partitions  Seamless integration with ProLiant servers running Windows ® NT/2000

8. 8 Specialized Server Consolidation: AlphaServer OpenVMS Capabilities  Ultra High Availability  Extreme Scalability  Single System Image Management  Galaxy Software Partitioning  Disaster Tolerant Operations  Flexible Deployment Options  Up to 96-node clusters  Guaranteed 99.999% uptime

9. 9 UNIX server consolidation: Tru64 UNIX capabilities  Ultra-High Availability  Industry Leading Cluster Support –Guaranteed 99.999% uptime  Proven Scalability - Scale Up & Scale Out –Single CPU and SMP  Ease of Management –Manages many systems as a single system –System partitions

10. 10  Storage is a utility service to the enterprise  Enterprise Storage delivers the right data to anyone, anytime, anywhere  Meet today’s business challenges –Replicate Data –Minimize downtime for system backups –Management Appliance –Enterprise Backup Compaq Storage Consolidation Open SANs

11. 11 OpenVMS delivers increased performance, enhanced productivity, and improved customer satisfaction with server consolidation Benefits:  Productivity increased by 20%  40% software cost savings  25% system maintenance cost savings  Excellent scalability OpenVMS AlphaServer Consolidation Solution Verizon Information Services “Our move from VAX to AlphaServer systems was much easier than we anticipated. Between increased performance and server consolidation, the payback has been absolutely tremendous.” - Scott Snadow, Senior Advisory Engineer Verizon Information Services

12. 12 Server Consolidation: AlphaServer Customer Example  Customer started with (2) 8400 (6 CPU, 4GB), (2) 2100, (6) AS600 with HSZ- based storage; OpenVMS  Replaced with (2) GS160 (8 CPU -- partitioned, 32GB) with FibreChannel storage; OpenVMS  U.S. Government Agency  Application run time reduced from 24 hours to 6.  One task reduced from 1.5 hours to 20 minutes.  Customer believes they can reduce run times by another third!  Sorts running 6x faster.  Still room for even more optimizations!

13. 13 Operational Costs/ Savings Service Levels Customer Value © Itcentrix Inc. 2000 Business Flexibility Time-to-Market Compaq consolidation value proposition Acid Test What is your SLA to the business? Systems:Staff? Operational cost? Time to implement resources?

14. 14 Operational Costs/ Savings Service Levels Customer Value © Itcentrix Inc. 2000 Business Flexibility Time-to-Market Compaq consolidation value proposition Acid Test What is your SLA to the business? 99.91%+ Systems:Staff ratio? 8:1 Operational cost 11.85% Time to implement resources? 43 minutes

15. 15 Is consolidation a strategy for my business ?  Are your computing assets older than 38 months?  Do you have multiple datacenters?  Does your Server investment support multiple storage architectures?  Does your company operate in a mature industry?  Really!! How much of your time or your staff do you spend on operational issues?  Have you heard the term “server sprawl”?  Is your storage growing at 35%+ per year?

16. 16 Operational Costs/ Savings Service Levels Customer Value © Itcentrix Inc. 2000 Business Flexibility Time-to-Market Compaq consolidation value proposition  Computing Assets  People - Knowledge capital  Methodology and service offering - “gap deployment”  Business Mechanics  Global  Focused on delivering value