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Visibility Across Hybrid Cloud Reduces Risk of Performance Issues
技术
- 基础设施即服务 (IaaS) - 云计算
- 基础设施即服务 (IaaS) - 混合云
适用行业
- 石油和天然气
适用功能
- 离散制造
- 物流运输
用例
- 预测性维护
- 过程控制与优化
- 供应链可见性(SCV)
服务
- 云规划/设计/实施服务
- 系统集成
挑战
该公司已着手实施一项战略计划,将数百种应用服务迁移到公共云。由于业务应用程序的可用性和响应能力非常重要,他们制定了双云战略,使用 Amazon Web Services (AWS) 和另一家云提供商来托管关键业务应用程序。网络基础设施团队长期以来一直提倡使用网络性能管理解决方案来解决问题。他们的任务是确保在将服务迁移到云时拥有相同或更好的可视性和性能管理资源。由于他们当前的故障排除工具以及现有的数据包流交换机已经过时,无法扩展到云,因此 IT 组织必须找到一种新的解决方案来满足他们对整个新混合云环境中的可视性的需求。
关于客户
这家拥有百年历史的北美大型能源制造公司专注于中游、化学品、炼油、营销和特种业务。公司拥有 10,000 多名员工,在全球范围内加工、运输、储存和销售燃料和产品,为数百亿美元的资产提供支持。该公司在世界各地拥有多家炼油厂、液化天然气管道和终端、数千个独立营销网点/加油站以及数十家化学制造厂,因此很容易看出语音和数据网络的可用性和性能对于满足该能源公司的日常业务需求至关重要。
解决方案
网络团队设想了新的网络和应用程序性能管理解决方案中的几个关键功能。他们需要在数据中心和公共云中具有相同级别的可视性。借助数据中心中的 nGeniusONE 服务保证平台和 InfiniStreamNG (ISNG) 软件设备以及云中的 vSTREAM,他们能够监控两个域中的有线流量,并利用相同的 Adaptive Service IntelligenceTM (ASI) 技术来获取来自 ISNG 和 vSTREAM 的智能数据。这为网络团队提供了 nGeniusONE 中智能分析和指标的单一视图,反映了整个混合云环境中的应用程序活动和性能。借助相同的 nGeniusONE 用户界面,网络基础设施团队使用深入的服务监视器来了解性能并提前发现云中的数据库服务以及私有数据中心中基于 Web 的生产和分发应用程序的潜在问题。
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