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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Challenge
Krones group, headquartered in Neutraubling, Germany, plans, develops, and
manufactures machinery and complete plants for process, bottling, and packaging
technology. These operations include intralogistics, information technology, and
planning of plants as well as its own valve production. Millions of bottles, cans, and
specially shaped containers are processed daily on behalf of breweries, the soft-
drink sector, and manufacturers of wine, sparkling wine, and spirits as well as for
the chemical, pharmaceutical, and cosmetics industry.
manufactures machinery and complete plants for process, bottling, and packaging
technology. These operations include intralogistics, information technology, and
planning of plants as well as its own valve production. Millions of bottles, cans, and
specially shaped containers are processed daily on behalf of breweries, the soft-
drink sector, and manufacturers of wine, sparkling wine, and spirits as well as for
the chemical, pharmaceutical, and cosmetics industry.
Since its foundation in 1951, Krones has evolved far beyond its original role as a
supplier of machinery and plants. The company has become an all-round partner
to its customers, a role that harmoniously combines and optimizes mechanical
engineering, systems know-how, process engineering, microbiology, and information
technology. Today, Krones acts as a synonym for system engineering.
supplier of machinery and plants. The company has become an all-round partner
to its customers, a role that harmoniously combines and optimizes mechanical
engineering, systems know-how, process engineering, microbiology, and information
technology. Today, Krones acts as a synonym for system engineering.
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.
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.
Responsible for data center management, the department
Informationsmanagement Rechenzentrum (IM-RZ) is at the forefront of this
challenge. “Like all companies, we needed a platform that was optimized for
zero downtime and application performance,” says Gerd Neuland, team leader
IM-RZ. “The platform has to provide a central server solution for our UNIX and
MS Windows systems that could be virtualized to make these more flexible
and efficient.”
Informationsmanagement Rechenzentrum (IM-RZ) is at the forefront of this
challenge. “Like all companies, we needed a platform that was optimized for
zero downtime and application performance,” says Gerd Neuland, team leader
IM-RZ. “The platform has to provide a central server solution for our UNIX and
MS Windows systems that could be virtualized to make these more flexible
and efficient.”
Customer Case Study
Krones boosts production efficiency in data center and executes safe migration from RISC platforms
for mission-critical applications
Customer Name:
Krones AG
Industry:
Machinery and plant engineering
Location:
Headquartered in Germany
with global operations
Number of Employees:
12,000
Challenge
• Improve IT efficiency and agility
• Deliver technology migration
• Deliver technology migration
while minimizing interference to
other departments
other departments
Solution
• Cisco Smart+Connected Manufacturing
solution, based on Cisco Unified Data
Center validated design and built using
Cisco Unified Computing System
and Nexus
Center validated design and built using
Cisco Unified Computing System
and Nexus
Results
• Greater availability of IT solutions
supporting business processes
• Server provisioning time improved by
factor of 10
• 90 percent reduction in cabling and
power supplies, with fewer ports
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