Building a VDI Environment Using WMware Horizon View
Customer Company Size
Large Corporate
Region
- Asia
Country
- Japan
Product
- GRIDScaler
- SFA7700
- SFX
Tech Stack
- VMware HorizonView
- NFS – ESXi Data Store
- iSCSI – ESXi and Windows servers
Implementation Scale
- Enterprise-wide Deployment
Impact Metrics
- Cost Savings
- Productivity Improvements
Technology Category
- Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Storage Services
- Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Hybrid Cloud
Applicable Industries
- Automotive
Applicable Functions
- Discrete Manufacturing
- Business Operation
Use Cases
- Manufacturing System Automation
- Predictive Maintenance
Services
- Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services
- System Integration
About The Customer
Toyota Technical Development Corporation encompasses three business segments, Measurement & Instrumentation Control, Intellectual Property, and Business Management. The Measurement & Instrumentation Control Business Field is responsible for the planning, development, operation, and management of the measurement and instrumentation control solutions used by Toyota Motor Corporation and the Toyota Group in their global automotive development, manufacturing, sales, and services. These solutions are essential for a wide range of processes in the car manufacturing industry and the group is responsible for providing these highly specialized solutions which often involve corporate trade secrets to the entire Toyota Motor Corporation and Toyota Group.
The Challenge
The Toyota Technical Development Corporation had to use an IT Business Continuity Planning (BCP) in order to properly protect important data and ensure business continuity in the case of any disruptive event. As a result, TTDC decided on adopting a virtual desktop system (VDI), and faced the issues of migrating from the existing system, and securing stress-free operation at a cost effective price. Yasuhito Kurebayashi remarked that to resolve the issues surrounding the introduction of the VDI, they could see that it was first of all necessary to migrate the storage system currently in operation, and then expand its memory capacity and scalability as necessitated by the increased I/O speed.
The Solution
The solution involved the use of DDN's GRIDScaler, SFA7700, and SFX products. GRIDScaler is a parallel file system solution designed to handle the diverse and dynamic demands of organizations looking to solve their Big Data challenges. The SFA7700 is a hybrid flash storage appliance, purpose-built for Big Data requirements that uniquely enables organizations to resolve today’s key storage challenges. SFX leverages hybrid media and application aware technology to intelligently accelerate parallel file systems. These products were chosen because they met the requirement for migrating functions from the existing system, fulfilled the demand for I/O performance and scalability, and were cost effective.
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