About Our Customer
A highly established Australian television news channel renowned for its 24-hour multi-channel and multi-platform broadcast coverage was looking to refresh their out-dated IT infrastructure with newer technology to help optimise business operations. We proposed our DiGiCOR solution taking into consideration the budgetary requirements, latest technology compatibilities, use case and scalability.
Highlights
Challenges
How we helped
Results
Key Benefits
Challenges
The company was looking to refresh their out-dated IT infrastructure with newer technology to help optimise business operations. The company stated budgetary limitations as well as the competition of another tier 1 vendor, for the renewal of their IT infrastructure. In addition to following the key technical factors of improvement in performance and productivity for their expansive datacentre.
How We Helped
We focused on the specific issues presented by the client and were able to optimize a high-quality production solution that efficiently operates their application of workloads, within the budgetary cost. Our expert team configured a solution as a Linux-based cluster system, which was built with the current technologies to highly improve hardware performance, productivity and efficiency. In addition, we were able to offer valuable services such as onsite service, service quality of hardware, and flexibility in the hardware for future expansions and upgrades.
To meet the company’s requirements, we offered a solution based on the DiGiCOR solution D283-SS228-MDR as a performance-improved production system. The customised D283-SS228-MDR offers:
Featured Solution: Short Depth
DiGiCOR D283-SS228-MDR
2U form factor supports the following:
- CPU: Dual 2nd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors
- RAM: Up to 2TB ECC Reg RDIMM/LRDIMM up to DDR4-2933 MHz, 8 DIMM Slots
- PCIe: 2x PCIe 3.0 x8, 4 PCI-e 3.0 x8, 1 PCI-e 3.0 x4
- Networking: 2x IPMI LAN ports
- Drive: 8x Hot-swap 3.5" SATA3/SAS3 drive bays
- PSU: 1U 800/1000W Redundant Power Supplies
Recommended Configuration 8 nodes fully populated:
- Intel® Xeon® Gold 6136 Processor
- 6x 8 GB DDR4 2666 MHz ECC RAM
- 2x 240 GB Intel S4510 SSD
- 5x 2TB SATA 7.2KRPM HDD
- Supermicro Raid Controller;
- AOC-S3108L-H8IR-16DD
Results
It was important for us to configure a solution that best fit the specific use case the company had for their IT infrastructure. With competition of a Tier 1 vendor, they offered a system with a generic drive at a relatively higher price point. We were able to optimize a high-quality production solution that efficiently operates their particular application of workloads, within the budgetary cost. As a result, we hold a great relationship with them as we have earned their trust through the help of our high-quality tailored solutions, working hand-in-hand with our expert technicians and internal team to provide high levels of customer service and support.