Seagate ST373207LC VAR Delivers Competitive Advantage With Intel, Adaptec, and

Need

Application engineers at a fast-moving

Internet TV platform company found their

workstation-based development environ-

ments unable to match pace with their

diverse (and often simultaneous) code

building and QA needs.

Solution

Rather than multiply physical desktop envi-

ronments, Area Data Systems recommended

and deployed a virtualized server environ-

ment 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.

About Area Data Systems, Inc.

Since 1987, Area Data Systems, Inc. has built

success by delivering the most cost-effective,

reliable, scalable and leading-edge Server and

External Storage hardware solutions. Area

Data Systems has been an Intel® Channel

Partner Premier Member since 1998.

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 devel-

opment process, Area Data Systems formulated a server solution

utilizing 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.

Meeting Developer Needs

Next-generation software applications can’t grow beyond the concept phase without

developers who are able to quickly and efficiently create, test, and execute their

ideas. Unfortunately, code building and application testing can quickly consume the

available resources of any single PC or workstation. In the past, developers and IT

staffs have met this challenge with multiple physical development platforms.

Virtualization Demands Performance and I/O Throughput

Today, the mainstream acceptance of virtualization makes it easier than ever to move

beyond physical development environments and achieve significant efficiency gains

by consolidating using powerful next-generation servers. For these servers to meet

the performance demands of virtualization, they require sufficient performance and

I/O throughput headroom. New multi-core processors from Intel, high-performance

RAID controllers from Adaptec and 15K-RPM drives from Seagate combine seamlessly

in platforms able to accommodate the demands of virtualization. It was a platform

featuring these components that was recommended by Area Data Systems, Inc.

With Internet TV quickly coming of age, a leading global Internet TV platform pro-

vider needed to meet the constantly shifting demands of their software engineering

team. Area Data Systems, their trusted VAR for almost three years, recognized this

situation as an ideal opportunity to deploy a virtualized development environment.