allied electronics turn to virtualization to keep the deliveries running
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8/7/2019 Allied Electronics Turn to Virtualization To Keep the Deliveries Running
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VMware and Intel are a wInnIng allIance for
allIed electronIcs
Allied Electics (Allied) is a small de, high sevice level distibut electic cmpets ad
electmechaical pducts with 55 sales baches acss the Uited States ad i Caada.
F a cmpay that ships ealy 5,000 packages evey day, access t key stwae applicatis plays a citica
le i esuig that packages make it ut the d time. “"We ca't ad t have ay sigicat system
dwtime as we ae a
custme-ieted gaizati," said Cal Sutt, IT Diect at Allied. "As a esult, u plicy is that ay
applicati sevice that we deply must be edudat. The VMwae platm plays ight it u Sevic
Level Ageemets (SLA) Allied Electics.”
VMwae Iastuctue 3, uig Itel pweed hadwae, has pvided a high degee edudacy
Allied’s ce IT iastuctue. Additially, the way that VMwae ad Itel techlgies wk tgethe
has esued a high degee pemace. “The achitectue that Itel has develped allws a lt the
vitualizati cmputig t be faded t the pcess itsel,” said David McCmbs, systems egiee a
Allied. “That allws eciet utilizati the pcess by a lage umbe guests—eve 64-bit guests. It’s
petty impessive the way they take advatage each the.”
I Customer Snapshot
“Like most companies, we started with virtualization as a way to
eliminate server sprawl and get better utilization out of our servers
Now, our VMware and Intel based virtualization solution is playing
a serious role in our disaster recovery discussions.”
David McCombs
Systems Engineer, Allied Electronics
IndUstrY ELECTronICS
HIGHLIGHTS
CHALLENGE
Steamlie IT vehead assciated with
physical seves while stegtheig busiess
ctiuity capabilities
SOLUTION
VMwae® techlgy ceates a vitual
iastuctue that simplies IT admiistati
ad iceases availability ad edudacy
ce applicatis
VMWARE AND INTEL AT WORK
VMwae® Iastuctue 3 Etepise, eatuig:
ESX Seve 3•
° Dell 2650 seves with Itel Xepcesss attached t HP EVA 3000 SAn
VitualCete 2•
VMti•™
Distibuted resuce Schedule (DrS)•
High Availability (HA)•
DEPLOYMENT ENVIRONMENT
Guest peatig systems: Widws 2003,•
Feda
Vitualized Applicatis: SQL, Ceative•
Lgistics shippig ad distibuti
stwae, etwk mitig stwae,
Dmai Ctlles, Pit Seves, FTP
Seves, IM Seves, Dcumet Imag-
ig Seves, Cisc Wieless Mitig
Seves, Web Filteig Seves, ISA Seve,
Fiewall Maagemet Seves, Micst
Patch Seves, Vius Seves
RESULTS
Icease uptime ad edudacy
ce applicatis. “ou Itel
based hadwae ceates a sigle
cmpatibility pl eatues like
VMwae High Availability,” says
McCmbs. “I we lse a seve, we’ll
ly be dw a cuple secds
bee we get u missi citical
seves back up ad uig.”
Impve seve utilizati by 60
pecet. “Vitualizati was a
geat way t tasiti a lt
u ce apps m lde, ut--
date hadwae t VMwae ESX
hypeviss uig the latest ad
geatest Itel pcesss,” says
McCmbs. “We’e able t get 80
pecet utilizati ates u
seves athe tha 10-20 pecet.”
Ceate a vitualizati stadad
IT iastuctue. “We'e cuetl
i ‘VMwae-st’ mde,” say
Sutt. “Thee's aely gig t be
a istace whee a applicati
wuld’t be vitualized. Accdigly
we wat t make sue evey piece
the vitualizati sluti is slid
ad eliable, ad Itel deitely
pvides that.”
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