Media Service Center GmbH integrates extensive IT Virtualization in the SBW "House of Learning"
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The SBW House of Learning (Haus des Lernens) with its headquarters in Romanshorn next to the Lake Constance. Since 1980, this Swiss education provider has been providing high-quality, innovative education to all ages from Kindergarten children to vocational training and examination courses for young adults. The success of the SBW House of Learning has gradually spread beyond Switzerland. The company has also opened international schools in compliance with IBO (International Baccalaureate Organisation) standards. www.sbw.edu The transtec virtualisation solution completely replaces the traditional client server SAN environment. The four extremely high-performance transtec CALLEO 342 servers virtualise all previous servers and clients. Two transtec 3316M-B modular SANs are responsible for the entire storage of the virtualisation landscape which are connected to the network via Fibre Channel. The specifications for the SAN modules each in 3 height units include:

  • 16 hot-swap SAS/SATA hard drive slots
  • Supports virtual storage pools with up to 32 TB net capacity
  • RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60
  • DataCore SANmelody software preinstalled
  • Thin provisioning for automatic, optimum allocation of hard drive resources
  • Copy-on-write & full copy snapshot support
  • Synchronous remote mirror support with automatic, uninterruptible failover
  • Asynchronous IP replication for disaster recovery
“In terms of service availability and quality, IT requirements are continually increasing. Under ever-increasing cost pressures, we were looking for a solution that allowed us to invest in the future of our IT infrastructure. The transtec solution convinced us not just because of its technical benefits, they were clear; our ten-year successful business partnership combined with an appreciation of our needs allowed us to communicate on an absolutely high level of understanding for our objectives. The transtec specialists talk our language; we have fast, uncomplicated and constant access to their entire IT know-how”., Philipp Weber, SBW ICT-Services Manager