Machinery and Engineering company Krones Group is based out of Neutraubling, Germany. The company manufactures machinery and complete p...
Machinery and Engineering company Krones Group is based out of Neutraubling, Germany. The company manufactures machinery and complete plants for process, bottling, and packaging technology. The company’s data centers are a key enabler for business growth. Consisting of 200 physical servers and 700 virtual machines spread across three locations, this critical infrastructure previously used a mix of technologies from different vendors. During a typical day, the three facilities handle around 1.3 petabytes of data and, in the case of the largest SAP database with more than 6TB, serve 5500 users concurrently. This data center environment relied on reduced instruction set computer (RISC) processor architectures for business critical applications such as SAP and databases, mostly running Solaris operating systems. Krones narrowed down their search to a Cisco Smart+Connected Manufacturing solution, based on the Cisco Unified Data Center. This pre-validated architectural approach combines server respective computing performance, network, and management into a platform designed to automate IT as a service across physical and virtual environments. The end result was increased budget efficiency, more agile business responsiveness, and simplified IT operations. At the heart of the solution are Cisco Unified Computing System B-Series Blade Servers, which run numerous standard server software along with a host of Oracle databases, SAP systems, and Microsoft applications including SQL server, Active Directory, Exchange, SharePoint, and Citrix.
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