PAN Manager for FUJITSU Server PRIMERGY achieves high availability of the OBETA IT

The customer

Oskar Böttcher GmbH & Co. KG (OBETA) is a leading regional wholesaler of electrical and installation equipment. Between the company itself and its subsidiaries, OBETA employs over 700 people at 60 different sites in the German states of Berlin, Brandenburg, Saxony-Anhalt, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Saxony, Thuringia, Hamburg, North Rhein-Westphalia and Bavaria. OBETA’s many years of experience have helped it to develop an excellent professional reputation and its commitment to providing outstanding customer service has made it a reliable partner for the electrical trade in Germany. OBETA is a member of a number of professional associations, including the Bundesverband des Elektro-Großhandels (VEG) e.V. (Federal Association of Electrical Wholesalers).

The challenge

Improving the availability of Citrix XenApp servers during the introduction of a new ERP system. The company wanted the new solution to be stable, cost-effective and easy to manage.

The solution

A comprehensive IT infrastructure with two FUJITSU PRIMERGY BX900 S2 chassis, each fitted with ten server blades, two FUJITSU PRIMERGY RX300 S7 rack servers and PAN Manager for FUJITSU Server PRIMERGY. The integrated “virtual machine instance” function is a cost-effective solution for providing and managing both virtual and physical servers.

The benefit

• Lower investment, operation and software licensing costs
• Improved service level agreements due to higher uptime
• Integrated, free of charge hypervisor
• Intuitive user interface
• Simpler, faster administration processes relieve strain on IT team
• Fast integration into existing IT environments
• Fast, competent support from the manufacturer

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