VAR delivers competitive advantage with Intel, Adaptec and Seagate

When a next-generation Internet TV platform company needed an effective virtual environment to speed application development, they turned to Area Data Systems, Inc. for expert IT consultation. Based on  a thorough examination and understanding of their customer’s development process, Area Data Systems formulated a server solution utilising exceedingly reliable, high-performance, and cost-effective Intel, Adaptec, and Seagate components. The final delivery was a platform exceeding developer demands—a highly capable virtual server with performance equivalent to 100 desktop platforms.

Need 
Application engineers at a fast-moving Internet TV platform company found their workstation-based development environments unable to match pace with their diverse (and often simultaneous) code building and QA needs. 

Solution 
Rather than multiply physical desktop environments, Area Data Systems recommended and deployed a virtualised server environment running Citrix XenServer*. To meet the processing, I/O throughput and reliability demands of developers, Area Data Systems combined best-in-class components from Intel, Adaptec and Seagate. 

Result 
With the performance headroom of new Intel-technology based platforms combined with the latest Unified Serial (SATA/SAS) RAID technology from Adaptec and 15K-RPM Seagate Cheetah* hard drives, up to 100 simultaneous virtual images can be deployed and served per 1U rack server.