Develops software to automate data-center deployments and speed recovery efforts.

HP, a technology solutions provider, today announced the introduction of an expanded software suite designed to help data-center managers deploy new technologies and recover remote servers in the event of a failure.

The company states that its Insight Orchestration and Insight Recovery are add-on software applications for HP Insight Dynamics – VSE, the vendor's physical and virtual systems management product. It explains that Insight Orchestration uses visual design tools that let systems administrators create multi-node, multi-tier templates for data-center infrastructure. With the templates on hand, systems administrators can then use Insight Orchestration to deploy new infrastructure with the needed storage and network resources automatically associated with the physical or virtual servers.

It further adds that Insight Recovery is designed to reduce the risk associated with downtime. The software provides disaster-recovery capabilities for systems administrators running blade systems with a mix of physical and virtual servers. The product is designed for customers with multiple locations or branch offices that might need to restart applications remotely. The software works with VMware hypervisors and allows for site-to-site replication and connects to HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array-based products running Continuous Access data-replication software with HP ProLiant servers.

The company says that both applications run on the same server systems that administrators have deployed Insight Dynamics on and can be purchased separately as optional software when customers need them.

"Systems administrators can create a catalog of best practice templates from which to choose and they won't need to spend the time redefining requirements when the business demands more data center resources," says Mark Linesch, vice president of HP Insight Software.

"These are practical tools that increase productivity and ultimately save people money," Linesch says. "IT organizations today need to be looking to save every watt of energy, every hour of labor and every dollar they spend so they can become more flexible and respond to business needs."