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ShowMyPC hosts 30 percent more users and sees 20 percent real-time load improvement with Linode
技术
- 基础设施即服务 (IaaS) - 云计算
- 基础设施即服务 (IaaS) - 云存储服务
- 基础设施即服务 (IaaS) - 公共云
适用行业
- Professional Service
- Software
适用功能
- 商业运营
- 设施管理
用例
- 远程资产管理
- 远程协作
- 远程控制
服务
- 云规划/设计/实施服务
- 系统集成
- 培训
挑战
ShowMyPC’s immediate connectivity of real-time communication relies on lightning quick server response for extremely complex algorithms. The application’s proper performance requires computational speed, network integrity and remote accessibility, three essential criteria for any infrastructure provider hoping to secure ShowMyPC as a customer. Like most rapidly growing startups, ShowMyPC possessed limited capital and staff early on. As a result, the team found the resource-intensive process of server provisioning notably taxing. The exercise of provisioning with many other cloud-hosts required a great deal of time, with complex billing statements and cost-prohibitive fees that were difficult for the company to absorb on a finite budget. As demand for ShowMyPC grew, the company began searching for an infrastructure provider that was fast and made server provisioning easier with the ability to automate common tasks. ShowMyPC needed the ability to provision servers in an efficient and consistent manner. Unwilling to accept deployment delays, the team grew frustrated with providers that either required a significant time commitment to bring new servers online or had an overly complex system or was expensive. Another challenge faced by ShowMyPC was the requirement for instantaneous data transmission between at least two remote sites. As a result, the team found it difficult to find an infrastructure provider that could maintain reliable communication between two or more devices such as PCs, laptops, smart phones or tablets. And finally the company needed a ready and responsive customer support team. Frustrated by slow-responding hosting providers, where the seemingly straightforward task of rebooting a server required the opening of a new ticket, ShowMyPC insisted on responsive, caring, expert and alert customer support.
关于客户
ShowMyPC is a company based in Campbell, California, founded in 2002, that provides real-time screen sharing services for its customers. The company’s application is built upon open-source technology that allows users anywhere in the world to benefit from seamless and immediate collaboration across multiple devices. Users of ShowMyPC enjoy real-time interaction through tools like Remote PC access, Desktop (file) Sharing, Screen Sharing, and Monitoring that are available free of charge. Premium services are available for a fee. All ShowMyPC apps can be run over the Internet or within private networks. ShowMyPC’s co-founder Swati Tewari graciously responded to Linode’s request for a case study with examples of performance improvements and reliability.
解决方案
Linode’s infrastructure, built on SSD servers with 40Gbps of redundant connectivity and Intel E5 processors, more than exceeded ShowMyPC’s demands for processing speed, network integrity and remote accessibility. Linode provided ShowMyPC with an “exceptional” platform through which its users could confidently stream real-time data including images, voice, email and messaging. In addition to addressing its two primary challenges, ShowMyPC demanded scalable provisioning and simplified server maintenance – and Linode complied. Building out a server with the Linode Manager enabled ShowMyPC to install screen-sharing on private servers, that could be locally managed. In addition, Linode’s API delivered the on-demand tools by which a user could tailor the server-creation process. Additionally, the command-line-based Linode Shell (LISH) placed simplified server maintenance at ShowMyPC’s fingertips, even when the network was disabled. ShowMyPC measured Linode’s support team against the competition’s and Linode emerged as the de facto favorite. Folding in its simplified ”pay-for-what-you-use” billing, Linode became ShowMyPC’s preferred and primary cloud host.
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