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Ramanujan College's Innovative Open Cloud R&D Platform
Technology Category
- Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Private Cloud
- Networks & Connectivity - 5G
Applicable Industries
- Cities & Municipalities
- Education
Applicable Functions
- Product Research & Development
Use Cases
- Construction Management
- Infrastructure Inspection
Services
- Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services
- Training
The Challenge
Ramanujan College, a constituent college of the University of Delhi, has a computer science department that collaborates with the Indian government, industry stakeholders, and other universities to conduct research and development (R&D) projects. A significant focus area is the development of sovereign cloud platforms that can compete with today's hyperscalers while ensuring data security within India's borders. Previously, most of the R&D work was hosted in the public cloud. However, running performance-intensive applications for 5G communications, blockchain, and a learning management system for over 150,000 participants led to escalating costs.
About The Customer
Ramanujan College, named after one of India's most famous mathematicians and established in 1958, is a constituent college of the University of Delhi. Its computer science department works closely with the Indian government, industry stakeholders, and other universities to conduct research and development projects. One of its key focus areas is to help develop sovereign cloud platforms that can rival today's hyperscalers, while securing data within India's borders. The college has a learning management system that serves over 150,000 participants.
The Solution
Ramanujan College chose Hitachi Vantara and Silver Leaf Solutions as the lowest tender in the RFP. The solution includes a Hitachi Virtual Storage Platform (VSP) G350 array as the foundation for its private cloud, with three Hitachi Advanced Server DS7060 compute nodes to run the cloud software stack and test and production environments for various databases and applications. The DS7060 servers also offered a key technical advantage: each node can scale up to 16 Intel Xeon Platinum processors—ideal for supporting very demanding workloads such as large-scale applications. The research is focusing on comparing open-source technologies such as OpenStack, Proxmox, and Xen to find the best virtualization layer and management tools for building its new cloud stack. It also uses Kubernetes for container orchestration, enabling environments to scale automatically as their infrastructure needs change.
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