NextiraOne Delivers Data Centre Solution for Höhere Technische Bundeslehr- und Versuchsanstalt

NextiraOne
Austria has been awarded a contract for the design and implementation of a
new infrastructure for a school in Vienna, Austria.

The school – the Höhere Technische Bundeslehr- und Versuchsanstalt (HTBLVA) in
Spengergasse in Vienna – faced a growing problem that many organisations meet:
with data an increasingly important asset, the ever-growing amount of data
frequently paralyses an organisation’s existing IT infrastructures, making the
management of server and storage resources increasingly difficult.

The Spengergasse school had to manage file services for 1,500 students and over
1,700 users, handle the implementation of Voice over IP and thin clients and
cope with insufficient storage resources, plus separate databases for
management and teaching. All this called for a new, effective data centre and
infrastructure, which would be integrated into the existing network
environment. The ‘Spengergasse’ school lived up to its reputation as
a pioneer in IT and engaged NextiraOne to fulfill the contract.

A
Virtualised Dynamic Data Centre (VDDC):
more storage – better performance.
At the heart of the storage solution selected and implemented jointly by
NextiraOne and its partner NetApp, Inc. is NextiraOne Virtualised Dynamic Data
Centre (VDDC). This unified platform for all enterprise data (also called
FlexPod) ensures that there is more storage space for communication and collaboration between students and staff, and also enhances
the performance of the entire IT infrastructure. Even in the event that
hundreds of students try to access the school’s file server simultaneously,
they can rest assured that the quality of service will not be affected.

This smart solution also provides different
storage areas for higher and lower service requirements, right up to
audit-proof archiving requirements. Powered by NetApp’s intelligent caching
technology – Virtual Storage Tier – data can be prioritised without needing to
be physically copied.

Lower
IT management costs, greater sustainability.
Through its unified architecture and
virtualisation, the solution implemented by NextiraOne also
simplifies IT management. Virtualisation is thus implemented consistently and
optimised with the installation of the Cisco UCS blade system. This unifies all
hardware-related configurations in a single, central management and drastically
reduces both management and energy costs.

The blade system and storage infrastructure
are also dynamic and highly scalable. These are prerequisites for a Virtual
Desktop Infrastructure (VDI), a technology the school would like to use in the
future.

These benefits, coupled with the expertise
and personal commitment of the NextiraOne team have impressed the management of
the school.

"The successful implementation of this project has made it
easier for us to offer our students the best conditions for a good education
and we are able to dedicate more time to providing support for teachers and
students," said Wolfgang Hickel, director of HTBLVA Spengergasse.

This
view is shared by Martin Resel, marketing director of NextiraOne Austria, who
at the official re-opening of the renovated school said: "We are delighted
to be able to welcome the Spengergasse school as a new customer. Spengergasse
is a model school, which can now offer its students the finest teaching
conditions, supported by this extremely innovative data centre architecture.
HTBLVA Spengergasse is now equipped to meet the demands of the new exam system,
which we believe can only be properly met through using a comprehensive VDI concept."