ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS
HPE GreenLake: FAQs and Key Takeaways
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Based on input from customers worldwide,
here are answers to some frequently asked questions
about the HPE GreenLake platform.
A: HPE owns, manages, and maintains the equipment for you at your data center, colocation facility, or edge
location. If a server, blade, or any other piece of gear needs refreshing or updating, HPE takes care of it. In addi-
tion, HPE maintains the software for platforms and applications you choose to consume in a preconfigured HPE
GreenLake cloud service — such as containers, virtual desktop infrastructure, electronic health records, or payment
processing, to name a few. You're responsible for data and applications residing on those platform applications.
Q: In the on-premises cloud services model, who maintains
the physical infrastructure?
A: HPE uses metering technology to determine how much capacity has been consumed. For example, you
can measure by: gigabytes at the storage level, right down to a device or set of devices; servers at the unit level,
including individual blades; memory usage per virtual machine; and licenses for backup software or the backend
terabytes for backup.
Q: How does HPE know what capacity we're actually using?
A: You will work with HPE to make an initial assessment of your infrastructure needs, right-sized for your
business, including a buffer of capacity that allows you to immediately scale when you need to. Because HPE
performs ongoing active capacity management, additional capacity will always be there when you need it.
Q: How do I figure out our initial capacity needs?
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