References 2007
J. Eberspächer GmbH & Co. virtualises their storage systems
Situation:
The J. Eberspächer GmbH & Co., founded in 1865 and with the main office in Esslingen am Neckar, is an independent company and focuses on two areas of technology: Exhaust gas technology (converters, soot filters, exhaust silencers) as well as auxiliary and supplementary heating systems for cars, vans, heavy goods vehicles, buses, construction vehicles and boats.
Solution:
At the start of 2007, the SANmelody virtualisation software, from DataCore, was installed on the available hardware at the headquarters in Esslingen. It comprises of two transtec SAN Storage Domain Servers (SDS) with synchronous mirroring, authentic automatic failover/failback, thin provisioning and alternate pathing for the application servers.
Customer opinion:
“Naturally we spoke to other suppliers of virtualisation solutions before we made the final decision. The reason we chose transtec is, among others, because both the competence of their employees and the attractive cost effectiveness impressed us.“ Dr Thomas Rückle, TI (technical informatics) at Eberspächer.
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Situation:
The J. Eberspächer GmbH & Co., founded in 1865 and with the main office in Esslingen am Neckar, is an independent company and focuses on two areas of technology: Exhaust gas technology (converters, soot filters, exhaust silencers) as well as auxiliary and supplementary heating systems for cars, vans, heavy goods vehicles, buses, construction vehicles and boats.
Solution:
At the start of 2007, the SANmelody virtualisation software, from DataCore, was installed on the available hardware at the headquarters in Esslingen. It comprises of two transtec SAN Storage Domain Servers (SDS) with synchronous mirroring, authentic automatic failover/failback, thin provisioning and alternate pathing for the application servers.
Customer opinion:
“Naturally we spoke to other suppliers of virtualisation solutions before we made the final decision. The reason we chose transtec is, among others, because both the competence of their employees and the attractive cost effectiveness impressed us.“ Dr Thomas Rückle, TI (technical informatics) at Eberspächer.
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The University of Stuttgart relies on transtec clusters
The challenge:
Research, which focuses on the Theory of Porous Media (TPM), involves computer simulations which are extremely CPU- and storage-intensive.
The solution:
LINUX HPC cluster with 50 nodes based on AMD Opteron Processors and a total of 108 GB main memory which includes a quad-processor node. Networking is over two separate Gigabit networks.
Customer opinion:
Bernd Markert, explaining his institute’s choice of transtec, said, “There were three reasons for selecting transtec as a provider. First, the transtec contacts assigned to the project impressed us with their technical know-how and competence; second, and very important, transtec is in a position to provide all of the required hardware and software from a single source; third the price/performance ratio of the transtec products was high.“
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The challenge:
Research, which focuses on the Theory of Porous Media (TPM), involves computer simulations which are extremely CPU- and storage-intensive.
The solution:
LINUX HPC cluster with 50 nodes based on AMD Opteron Processors and a total of 108 GB main memory which includes a quad-processor node. Networking is over two separate Gigabit networks.
Customer opinion:
Bernd Markert, explaining his institute’s choice of transtec, said, “There were three reasons for selecting transtec as a provider. First, the transtec contacts assigned to the project impressed us with their technical know-how and competence; second, and very important, transtec is in a position to provide all of the required hardware and software from a single source; third the price/performance ratio of the transtec products was high.“
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Mini PCs for the New Trade Fair Centre in Stuttgart
The challenge:
The trade fair centre in Stuttgart (LMS) opened its doors in October 2007. The move from the Stuttgart Killesberg to the Filder region doubled the centre’s exhibition area from 54,500 square metres to 100,000 – and provided the opportunity to create one of the most modern trade fair centre’s in Europe with a perfect infrastructure.
Solution:
A standard design of all the PC workstations was important to LMS and it opted for the mini PC SENYO 600X including 19’’ displays, slimline keyboards and optical mice from transtec AG, who also provided an individual design of the computer chassis.
Customer opinion:
“We wanted a workplace solution whose look and feel were in keeping with the modern design of our trade fair centre. At the same time, the PCs needed to be state-of-the-art. transtec managed to convince us with the SENYO 600. The company offered the mini PCs with a configuration suited to our individual needs and changed the computers to incorporate our own customised branding.”
Rudolf Anders, IT team manager at LMS comments.
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The challenge:
The trade fair centre in Stuttgart (LMS) opened its doors in October 2007. The move from the Stuttgart Killesberg to the Filder region doubled the centre’s exhibition area from 54,500 square metres to 100,000 – and provided the opportunity to create one of the most modern trade fair centre’s in Europe with a perfect infrastructure.
Solution:
A standard design of all the PC workstations was important to LMS and it opted for the mini PC SENYO 600X including 19’’ displays, slimline keyboards and optical mice from transtec AG, who also provided an individual design of the computer chassis.
Customer opinion:
“We wanted a workplace solution whose look and feel were in keeping with the modern design of our trade fair centre. At the same time, the PCs needed to be state-of-the-art. transtec managed to convince us with the SENYO 600. The company offered the mini PCs with a configuration suited to our individual needs and changed the computers to incorporate our own customised branding.”
Rudolf Anders, IT team manager at LMS comments.
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A backup solution for a hospital that never sleeps
The challenge:
The Augsburg Hospital is using an extensive, heterogeneous and high-availability server landscape for the electronic management of complex hospital operation and for secure data handling used for more than 150,000 patients annually.
The solution:
The implementation of a two-level B2D2T storage solution from RAID systems as well as automated tape protection. An extensive LTO tape library with a large storage capacity on the backup server relieves the network and provides for the secure and quick archiving of data backups.
Customer opinion:
“We have an extremely reliable and lightning-quick system for uninterrupted 24-hour operation. Critical areas are also covered by a RAID hard drive. transtec was a competent and reliable partner, from the planning to the implementation of the system. We are more than satisfied with the solution”, says Peter Fahrmeier, responsible for system management at the Augsburg Hospital.
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The challenge:
The Augsburg Hospital is using an extensive, heterogeneous and high-availability server landscape for the electronic management of complex hospital operation and for secure data handling used for more than 150,000 patients annually.
The solution:
The implementation of a two-level B2D2T storage solution from RAID systems as well as automated tape protection. An extensive LTO tape library with a large storage capacity on the backup server relieves the network and provides for the secure and quick archiving of data backups.
Customer opinion:
“We have an extremely reliable and lightning-quick system for uninterrupted 24-hour operation. Critical areas are also covered by a RAID hard drive. transtec was a competent and reliable partner, from the planning to the implementation of the system. We are more than satisfied with the solution”, says Peter Fahrmeier, responsible for system management at the Augsburg Hospital.
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transtec‘s cluster solution for The University of Wales, Swansea
The situation:
The QCD Lattice Group at The University of Wales, Swansea, UK is one of the biggest groups in the UK. Its research activity is at the forefront of their field. A solution providing sufficient computing power for numerical simulations in the field of Quantum Chromodynamics was required as this in the past was achieved locally on the groups individual Workstations.
The challenge:
A high performance and scalable cluster was needed to calculate the amount of data. Due to the data exchanged between the compute nodes the solution required specifically low network latencies. The calculated results should be collated to a central point for further analysis. Also a Batch Queueing System was needed to optimize the load of the cluster.
The solution:
The system consists of a 15 node dual core Opteron cluster with a fast and low-latency network interconnection based on Infiniband. The master node running Scientific Linux 4 with Sun Grid Engine as Batch Queueing System for optimal load for the cluster. The nodes loading their operating system over the gigabit management network and running in a diskless mode. This makes the management of the nodes far easier. For parallel jobs, the cluster uses MPICH over gigabit network and MVAPICH for Infiniband. The monitoring and management is done by CluTo, the transtec Cluster Management Tools.
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The situation:
The QCD Lattice Group at The University of Wales, Swansea, UK is one of the biggest groups in the UK. Its research activity is at the forefront of their field. A solution providing sufficient computing power for numerical simulations in the field of Quantum Chromodynamics was required as this in the past was achieved locally on the groups individual Workstations.
The challenge:
A high performance and scalable cluster was needed to calculate the amount of data. Due to the data exchanged between the compute nodes the solution required specifically low network latencies. The calculated results should be collated to a central point for further analysis. Also a Batch Queueing System was needed to optimize the load of the cluster.
The solution:
The system consists of a 15 node dual core Opteron cluster with a fast and low-latency network interconnection based on Infiniband. The master node running Scientific Linux 4 with Sun Grid Engine as Batch Queueing System for optimal load for the cluster. The nodes loading their operating system over the gigabit management network and running in a diskless mode. This makes the management of the nodes far easier. For parallel jobs, the cluster uses MPICH over gigabit network and MVAPICH for Infiniband. The monitoring and management is done by CluTo, the transtec Cluster Management Tools.
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