DIAKONIE KLINIKUM IN STUTTGART RELIES ON ... - Transtec

“The transtec virtualization solution enables us to release
system resources. We thus achieve maximum fl exibility as
we can adapt the infrastructure to new software profi les
with very few setting changes. The centralised server
management considerably cuts the time previously taken
for many processes. The less physical systems required, the
greater the energy-saving potential.”
AFSHIN ESFAHANIAN, SYSTEMS AND NETWORK ADMINISTRATION
to be replaced extremely frequently in order to ensure powerful
platforms for the increasingly performance-hungry software products.
This race against hardware ageing has today become far easier
to manage thanks to virtualization.
DATACORE ADDS SECURITY TO HIGH-AVAILABILITY STORAGE
The redundant storage pool for the entire network is based on two
transtec SAN4324M-B storage servers. Both systems are confi gured
with the preinstalled DataCore storage virtualization software,
SANmelody. The high-performance software package can actively
prevent program crashes or data loss. Automatic and synchronous
mirroring of the storage drives runs in the background. In the event
of a hardware defect, affected data can be restored in no time
without any loss. This factor is all the more important when you
consider that lost data could also include patient documents in
which the course of a disease or illness and the treatment process
are recorded.
Each one of the SAN4324M-B servers can support up to 24 S-ATA,
SAS or SSD hard drives, offers extensive upgrade options via Fibre
Channel and thus suffi cient resources for growing data volumes. A
maximum of two Intel Xeon 5500 Processors and 144 Gigabytes of
RAM provide the storage servers with enough reserve for the most
demanding requirements.
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THE SOLUTION
The transtec virtualization solution has been seamlessly integrated
into the hospital‘s existing infrastructure. 46 virtual servers
are currently hosting on a total of four transtec CCV-V55002U
ESX servers. These advanced power virtualization servers ensure
easy administration of all running processes; response times have
also been cut drastically. The required storage is provided by two
scalable transtec SAN4324M-B storage servers with DataCore.
Virtualization has helped to drastically reduce the amount of
hardware usually required. It is thus not surprising that a prognosis
of the energy cost savings potential carried out during the
initial planning of the ESX cluster predicted four-fi gure savings (in
Euros). The resulting reduction of cooling systems required also
contributed to further cost cuts.
System installation and confi guration with an investment volume
of 140,000 Euros followed in the fi rst quarter of 2010. transtec also
instructed two users groups in the operation of the VM system
and in the administration of DataCore software.
An effi cient backup solution for virtual environments based on
eESXpress is scheduled.