Cisco Cisco UCS B440 M1 High-Performance Blade Server 정보 가이드
Customer Case Study
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blades, and Cisco 6120 Fabric Interconnects from one interface. “It saves me time to use the same interface for tasks
ranging from creating virtual machines to investigating if a processor overheats,” says Morgan.
ranging from creating virtual machines to investigating if a processor overheats,” says Morgan.
High Performance
In a virtual environment, the application experience for employees depends more on memory than processing power,
according to Morgan. “The Cisco UCS uses two instead of three memory slots per channel, which results in steady
application performance even when demand is high,” he says. In fact, the slowest processing speed for the Cisco
UCS is 33 percent faster than it is with the other servers (1066 MHz instead of 800 MHz.) “The Cisco UCS can
support 30 users per server in our environment with good performance, far more than the other platforms we
evaluated,” McGibney says.
In a virtual environment, the application experience for employees depends more on memory than processing power,
according to Morgan. “The Cisco UCS uses two instead of three memory slots per channel, which results in steady
application performance even when demand is high,” he says. In fact, the slowest processing speed for the Cisco
UCS is 33 percent faster than it is with the other servers (1066 MHz instead of 800 MHz.) “The Cisco UCS can
support 30 users per server in our environment with good performance, far more than the other platforms we
evaluated,” McGibney says.
High Availability
The redundancy built into the Cisco UCS helps to ensure that critical business applications and a customer web
portal remain available. That’s important in the construction industry, where teams working to finalize a bid before a
deadline can’t afford for a server or network link to be down. Tutor Perini employees have experienced uninterrupted
application access since the system was deployed. In the event of a future failure, automatic failover will help ensure
that users can continue working while the IT department works to fix the issue.
The redundancy built into the Cisco UCS helps to ensure that critical business applications and a customer web
portal remain available. That’s important in the construction industry, where teams working to finalize a bid before a
deadline can’t afford for a server or network link to be down. Tutor Perini employees have experienced uninterrupted
application access since the system was deployed. In the event of a future failure, automatic failover will help ensure
that users can continue working while the IT department works to fix the issue.
Support for Thin Clients
Thin clients are appealing in the construction industry because of short laptop life in dusty environments and
concerns about theft on construction sites. Currently, about 20 percent of Tutor Perini employees use thin client
devices instead of PCs. Tutor Perini allocated some Cisco UCS blades to virtual machines and others to thin client
applications. “The Cisco UCS will enable us to take advantage of the favorable economics of thin clients because of
its scalability and the high performance of the Intel Xeon processor 5500 series,” says McGibney. As more
employees use thin clients, performance will remain steady because blade memory can scale up to 384 GB.
Thin clients are appealing in the construction industry because of short laptop life in dusty environments and
concerns about theft on construction sites. Currently, about 20 percent of Tutor Perini employees use thin client
devices instead of PCs. Tutor Perini allocated some Cisco UCS blades to virtual machines and others to thin client
applications. “The Cisco UCS will enable us to take advantage of the favorable economics of thin clients because of
its scalability and the high performance of the Intel Xeon processor 5500 series,” says McGibney. As more
employees use thin clients, performance will remain steady because blade memory can scale up to 384 GB.
On-Time Deployment
“Cisco knew we were on a tight schedule and they delivered,” says Kenneth Stringer, vice president of information
services, Tutor Perini. “My team and I are very pleased with the product and the company.” Quiroz adds, “The Cisco
Advanced Services team took our project to a level of partnership I have not seen before.”
“Cisco knew we were on a tight schedule and they delivered,” says Kenneth Stringer, vice president of information
services, Tutor Perini. “My team and I are very pleased with the product and the company.” Quiroz adds, “The Cisco
Advanced Services team took our project to a level of partnership I have not seen before.”
Next Steps
Tutor Perini is continuing to migrate existing applications and data to the new consolidated data center. The IT
department plans to more than double the number of thin-client users, begin using VMware View, and convert 90
percent of its servers to virtual machines. The company is also planning a disaster recovery site.
department plans to more than double the number of thin-client users, begin using VMware View, and convert 90
percent of its servers to virtual machines. The company is also planning a disaster recovery site.
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“Cisco Advanced Services minimized risk by looking over our design and
collaborating with us to validate our sizing assumptions for server blades
and memory. Working with Cisco Advanced Services gave us the
confidence that we could implement a new technology and meet our
strict deadline.”
collaborating with us to validate our sizing assumptions for server blades
and memory. Working with Cisco Advanced Services gave us the
confidence that we could implement a new technology and meet our
strict deadline.”
—Jason Morgan, Senior Network Engineer, Tutor Perini Corporation