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SUCCESS STORY MediaNet Digital

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Technology Category	Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Storage Services Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Hybrid Cloud
Applicable Functions	Discrete Manufacturing Logistics & Transportation
Use Cases	Predictive Maintenance Process Control & Optimization Real-Time Location System (RTLS)
Services	Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services System Integration
Challenge	MediaNet Digital, a New York-based company, provides content and technologies that enable brands to offer music and video download and subscription services to their customers. The company stores over a petabyte of digital content in a NAS environment, adding nearly a terabyte of new content every week from content providers. MediaNet Digital tracks consumer transactions via its partners’ Web sites and the company must compile this data into reports. However, the process of generating daily billing and activity reports was becoming increasingly time-consuming and the reliability issues with their storage solution were becoming more problematic as their demands grew. The company also maintains strict Service Level Agreements (SLAs) with its partners, making it crucial to find an advanced, enterprise-class solution. Read More
About Customer	MediaNet Digital is a world leader in business-to-business digital entertainment. Based in New York City, the company provides the content and technologies that enable world-class brands to offer music and video download and subscription services to their customers. At its data center in Seattle, the company stores over a petabyte of digital content in a NAS environment, adding nearly a terabyte of new content every week from content providers. MediaNet Digital tracks consumer transactions via its partners’ Web sites and the company must compile this data into reports. The company also maintains strict Service Level Agreements (SLAs) with its partners. Read More
Solution	To address its storage challenges, MediaNet Digital opted for a data center fabric solution based on a Brocade SAN. The company considered systems from several storage vendors and their SAN switching partners but was impressed with the solution offered by Denver, Colorado based systems integrator, Advanced Systems Group (ASG). The ASG solution featured Hitachi Data Systems storage devices and Brocade 48000 Directors. The Brocade 48000 can deliver 4 or 8 Gbit/sec Fibre Channel full-duplex performance to as many as 384 concurrently active ports in a single domain, providing industry-leading throughput and scalability. The solution’s form factor also supports an unsurpassed 1,152 ports in each rack, maximizing space utilization in crowded data centers. In August 2007, with management support from ASG, MediaNet Digital deployed a pair of Brocade 48000 Directors in its data center, each with sixty-four 4 Gbit/sec ports to start, and linked them at 4 Gbit/sec speed to Hitachi Data Systems USP storage devices. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Storage Services

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Hybrid Cloud

Applicable Functions

Discrete Manufacturing

Logistics & Transportation

Use Cases

Predictive Maintenance

Process Control & Optimization

Real-Time Location System (RTLS)

Services

Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services

System Integration

Challenge

MediaNet Digital, a New York-based company, provides content and technologies that enable brands to offer music and video download and subscription services to their customers. The company stores over a petabyte of digital content in a NAS environment, adding nearly a terabyte of new content every week from content providers. MediaNet Digital tracks consumer transactions via its partners’ Web sites and the company must compile this data into reports. However, the process of generating daily billing and activity reports was becoming increasingly time-consuming and the reliability issues with their storage solution were becoming more problematic as their demands grew. The company also maintains strict Service Level Agreements (SLAs) with its partners, making it crucial to find an advanced, enterprise-class solution.

About Customer

MediaNet Digital is a world leader in business-to-business digital entertainment. Based in New York City, the company provides the content and technologies that enable world-class brands to offer music and video download and subscription services to their customers. At its data center in Seattle, the company stores over a petabyte of digital content in a NAS environment, adding nearly a terabyte of new content every week from content providers. MediaNet Digital tracks consumer transactions via its partners’ Web sites and the company must compile this data into reports. The company also maintains strict Service Level Agreements (SLAs) with its partners.

Solution

To address its storage challenges, MediaNet Digital opted for a data center fabric solution based on a Brocade SAN. The company considered systems from several storage vendors and their SAN switching partners but was impressed with the solution offered by Denver, Colorado based systems integrator, Advanced Systems Group (ASG). The ASG solution featured Hitachi Data Systems storage devices and Brocade 48000 Directors. The Brocade 48000 can deliver 4 or 8 Gbit/sec Fibre Channel full-duplex performance to as many as 384 concurrently active ports in a single domain, providing industry-leading throughput and scalability. The solution’s form factor also supports an unsurpassed 1,152 ports in each rack, maximizing space utilization in crowded data centers. In August 2007, with management support from ASG, MediaNet Digital deployed a pair of Brocade 48000 Directors in its data center, each with sixty-four 4 Gbit/sec ports to start, and linked them at 4 Gbit/sec speed to Hitachi Data Systems USP storage devices.

Impact #1	With its new Brocade-powered SAN, MediaNet Digital greatly improved the performance and reliability of reporting and consumer-facing systems.
Impact #2	The new storage infrastructure slashed the daily processing of data down to just four hours, a fraction of the time required with the prior NAS architecture.
Impact #3	The entire system has been rock-solid reliable, enabling the company to access its income-producing data without any disruptions.

Impact #1

With its new Brocade-powered SAN, MediaNet Digital greatly improved the performance and reliability of reporting and consumer-facing systems.

Impact #2

The new storage infrastructure slashed the daily processing of data down to just four hours, a fraction of the time required with the prior NAS architecture.

Impact #3

The entire system has been rock-solid reliable, enabling the company to access its income-producing data without any disruptions.

Benefit #1	Reduced the generation of daily billing reports from nearly 24 hours to just four hours
Benefit #2	Achieved continuous availability of mission-critical data
Benefit #3	Complied with Service Level Agreements (SLAs)

Benefit #1

Reduced the generation of daily billing reports from nearly 24 hours to just four hours

Benefit #2

Achieved continuous availability of mission-critical data

Benefit #3

Complied with Service Level Agreements (SLAs)

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SUCCESS STORY MediaNet Digital

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