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CASE STUDY 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 virtualized 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. 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 development 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 provider 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.