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Meeting Project Timelines for Redundant Data Center Introduction with Visibility
技术
- 应用基础设施与中间件 - 数据交换与集成
- 平台即服务 (PaaS) - 连接平台
适用行业
- 医疗保健和医院
适用功能
- 离散制造
- 质量保证
用例
- 预测性维护
- 远程资产管理
服务
- 系统集成
- 测试与认证
挑战
当一场自然灾害接近其数据中心时,医疗保健组织面临重大挑战。这促使 IT 组织增强其现有的业务连续性计划。该组织需要确保医生和会员能够及时访问患者记录,并通过患者门户获取医院电子病历 (EMR) 的信息,即使主数据中心因任何原因无法使用。主要挑战是如何在冗余数据中心高效、有效地复制 EMR 应用程序和其他现有信息。他们需要考虑初始传输和后续每日更新。
关于客户
客户是一家美国领先的医疗保健提供商,已运营 50 多年。该组织为六个州的约 900 万名患者提供服务。该医疗保健提供商拥有数万名医生和护士,以及遍布众多医院和数百个医疗和门诊办公室的数十万名员工。所有这些员工都致力于提供安全、快速的诊断和个性化的治疗计划。他们都依赖及时、高效、高质量的沟通来提供卓越的患者体验。
解决方案
该医疗保健组织是 NETSCOUT® 的长期合作伙伴,它部署了 nGeniusONE 服务保证平台和 InfiniStreamNG (ISNG) 9800 系列设备,并采用了 NETSCOUT 的专利 Adaptive Service Intelligence™ (ASI) 技术来监控现有数据中心的有线流量。他们在现有数据中心的 WAN 边缘添加了 ISNG 设备,让 IT 人员能够在应用程序备份复制到新的灾难恢复数据中心时对其进行监控。数据中心和容量规划部门的 IT 主管还添加了 nGenius 5100 数据包流交换机 (PFS),以便查看现有数据中心的有线流量,并将其传递给 ISNG 设备,以便通过 WAN 传输到远程数据中心进行分析。nGeniusONE 解决方案正在监控和分析速度减慢、应用程序错误、数据包丢失、网络瓶颈等问题,因此可以在出现问题时向运营团队发出警报。
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