Challenges
• Resource-intensive maintenance of a heterogeneous environment
• Time-consuming equipment upgrades interfering with leasing cycles
• Complex SAN switching environment requiring added cost and maintenance
• Unclear responsibility among vendors for support issues
Solutions
• Standardized on Intel® Xeon® processor 5600 series-based Cisco UCS* to simplify environment and reduce costs
• Virtualizing all servers to build agility, decoupling software from hardware
• Created modular network architecture with “pod”-based concept
• Eliminated SAN edge switches with direct connections to storage
• Achieved single-vendor simplicity with Cisco UCS
Maximizing simplicity and agility
Symcor, a Toronto-based provider of outsourced financial-processing services, strives to deliver performance and flexibility to its customers, while keeping its own operations efficient and cost-effective. Virtualization is a key enabler for those goals, allowing multiple environments to be hosted on a single hardware platform and optimizing operational agility by supporting rapid changes.
In transitioning to a virtualized environment, Symcor wanted to standardize on the simplest, most cost- effective architecture possible. It also needed next-generation performance and manageability. The company considered several conventional server platforms.
Read the full Symcor Transitions to a Virtual Environment solution brief.
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Challenges
• Resource-intensive maintenance of a heterogeneous environment
• Time-consuming equipment upgrades interfering with leasing cycles
• Complex SAN switching environment requiring added cost and maintenance
• Unclear responsibility among vendors for support issues
Solutions
• Standardized on Intel® Xeon® processor 5600 series-based Cisco UCS* to simplify environment and reduce costs
• Virtualizing all servers to build agility, decoupling software from hardware
• Created modular network architecture with “pod”-based concept
• Eliminated SAN edge switches with direct connections to storage
• Achieved single-vendor simplicity with Cisco UCS
Maximizing simplicity and agility
Symcor, a Toronto-based provider of outsourced financial-processing services, strives to deliver performance and flexibility to its customers, while keeping its own operations efficient and cost-effective. Virtualization is a key enabler for those goals, allowing multiple environments to be hosted on a single hardware platform and optimizing operational agility by supporting rapid changes.
In transitioning to a virtualized environment, Symcor wanted to standardize on the simplest, most cost- effective architecture possible. It also needed next-generation performance and manageability. The company considered several conventional server platforms.
Read the full Symcor Transitions to a Virtual Environment solution brief.
