Television News Production

Performance and Productivity with a Linux-based cluster system

Products used

DiGiCOR D283-SS228-MDR

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

  • To refresh the company’s out-dated IT infrastructure with newer technology to help optimise business operations

    • How we helped

  • 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.

    • Results

  • A high-quality production solution that efficiently operates their particular application of workloads, within the budgetary cost.

    • Key Benefits


  • Performance improvement
  • Increased productivity
  • Flexibility for future expansion and upgrades

    • 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.


    Features

    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
    D283-SS228-MDR

    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.



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