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Sony Italia's Server Consolidation: A Cost-Saving Success
技术
- 基础设施即服务 (IaaS) - 云计算
- 基础设施即服务 (IaaS) - 云数据库
适用行业
- 电子产品
- 半导体
适用功能
- 维护
- 采购
用例
- 施工管理
- 基础设施检查
服务
- 系统集成
挑战
几年前，Sony Europe 将其大部分 IT 基础设施整合到英国的两个数据中心中。欧洲业务的大部分共享应用程序，包括一个主要的 SAP ERP 解决方案，都是从这个中心控制点进行管理的。
为确保其特定国家/地区系统的高性能和易于维护，Sony Italia 选择保留自己的本地服务器基础架构。随着时间的推移，数据量和用户数量的增长给这些服务器带来了巨大压力，导致性能和可靠性下降。由于预算有限，更换所有 30 台物理服务器是不可能的。索尼意大利公司也对数据中心不断增加的热量输出和电力消耗感到担忧。
服务器虚拟化是理想的解决方案，使 Sony Italia 能够保留其系统架构，同时使用更紧凑、更高效的物理基础设施。在对其大约一半的基础架构进行初始虚拟化阶段之后，该组织热衷于扩展这些优势，但需要找到更具成本效益的选择。
客户
索尼公司
关于客户
索尼公司是世界领先的电子公司之一，在计算、视听设备、半导体和电子元件等领域生产大量先进的消费和专业技术。该公司在全球范围内运营，共有约 147,000 名员工。索尼意大利总部位于米兰，拥有约
250人。
解决方案
为了完成其基础架构的虚拟化，但发现额外许可的成本太高，Sony Italia 与 SUSE 合作创建了一个基于 SLES 的解决方案，其中包括 Xen 虚拟化。此外，SUSE Linux Enterprise (SLE) High Availability Extension 的添加确保了弹性的集群解决方案。
Sony Italia 在高可用性集群中安装了两台运行 SLES 的新服务器。这些托管超过 12 个虚拟 Linux 和 Windows 服务器。在正常情况下，工作负载在两台物理服务器之间进行平衡，以确保最佳性能。如果其中一台服务器出现硬件问题或网络问题，另一台可以在修复故障的同时自动无缝地接管整个工作负载。
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