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Distinct NBB (Network Building Blocks) – Cluster Edition
WHAT?
Intelligent infrastructure (hardware and software) of Internet application hosting
For who?
For professional solution operators, based on Internet, with a big number of users
(media organizations, press/radio/televisions, on-line games, media distributors,
portals, corporate sites, etc)
Why?
Maximum uptime
Key words?
High availability, scalability, virtualization, quick deployment, tested components,
efficiency, complete solution, cheaper hardware, stability, superlative technical
support, externalized solutions.
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Benefits:
1. High availability
− All the solutions components are (at least) doubled. If one of them has
a problem (software or hardware), this component is instant and
automatically ejected from traffic.
2. Scalability
- We can add up new hardware very quick to the system (example: another
web server, another reverse proxy, etc.).
- If required , the server may be started using the WoL ( Wake on Lan )
option.
- The client decides how many hits can be supported during the traffic spikes'
only through hardware allocation
3. Virtualization on components
- All the physical servers are using virtualization technology and every
component is a virtual machine.
- The storage is not virtualized so that the virtualization overhead does not
exceed 2-3%.
- The solution is standing for “live migration” – to move one or more
components from a server on another physical machine without turning off
any of them.
- The solution is standing for live backup and quick duplication of
components.
4. Quick installation
- The standard components of the system (example: web server, storage
server, sql server) are already created so an installation may subsisting in a
few days.
5. The components are tested by a standard model
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- Every standard virtual machine is installed from a tested existing template.
- The majority of applications doesn't need to be transpose for rolling on the
platform.
6. Energetic efficiency
- The servers which are used only for the traffic spikes could remain on
standby or to preroll other uncritical applications (example: for 10 servers in
standby which average electrical using is 300W/h, we are saving around 2400
Euro/year only on the energy bill, also we can use this servers for other
projects).
7. Efficiently usage of resources
- We are carefully planning the component distribution on the servers so that
the existing resources can be used efficiently (processor, RAM, HDD, I/O).
Example: in a physical machine beside of a video streaming server, which is
using less RAM and HDD , we can put on a storage server.
8. Complet solution
- Planning
- Hardware (rent or purchase)
- Data Center
- Installation
- Tehnical support 24/7/365
- Software development
9. Cheap hardware
- Based on our smart solution that automatically distributes the traffic and
detect the hardware problems , we can use servers up to 60% cheaper
(example: 2000 USD servers instead of 5000 USD ones)
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10. Steady solution
- We stand on the solid kernel Linux 2.6 and open-source software tested for
a long time.
- Based on the client requirements we could integrating commercial software
(example: Flash Media Server, Wowza)
11. Technical support
- we guarantee the support : intervention time , effective number of worked
hours per month , number of available/standby hours , threshold hours ,
specialization of the resources
- We are available 24/7/365
- We are using advanced tickets systems for incidents and comunications
- The technical parameters are automatically monitorized (average 10
sensors/server)
- We are using tested internal proceeding
- We are generating and sending to our clients elaborated reports of activity.
12. Externalized services
- Costs: You cut down the costs, the hidden costs disappear
- Promtitude: Instant infusion of experience
- Continuity: You don't lose experience when your employes is resigning the
work contract
- Focus: You are focused on your core-business
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