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SUCCESS STORY - RackCorp

Company Size

200-1,000

Region

Asia
Pacific

Country

Australia
Hong Kong

Product

Brocade VDX 6740 Switches
Brocade VCS Fabric technology

Tech Stack

Implementation Scale

Enterprise-wide Deployment

Impact Metrics

Cost Savings
Productivity Improvements

Technology Category

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Computing
Networks & Connectivity - Ethernet

Applicable Industries

Telecommunications

Applicable Functions

Discrete Manufacturing

Use Cases

Cybersecurity
Edge Computing & Edge Intelligence

Services

Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services
System Integration

About The Customer

RackCorp is a well-known Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) provider that offers secure, high-performance, and reliable cloud solutions. The company continuously innovates to create and deliver competitive new services. One of its successful innovations is CacheCentric, a Content Delivery Network (CDN) that is popular with many of the Internet’s top websites for powering image and video delivery. RackCorp maintains a presence in 10 countries and 22 data center Points of Presence (PoPs), each with diverse capabilities for delivering network, dedicated server, virtual server, and cloud services. The company also customizes services for its customers, resulting in one of the most diverse networks that can be found in a hosted services environment.

The Challenge

RackCorp, a well-known Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) provider, was experiencing rapid growth due to the success of its Content Delivery Network (CDN), CacheCentric. The company's traffic increased by 100-fold over a 12-month period, and its partner program grew by 60 percent. This growth, along with increasing customer demand for server backup and data center services, highlighted the need for greater scalability and accelerated the company's network upgrade timetable. RackCorp maintains a presence in 10 countries and 22 data center Points of Presence (PoPs), each with diverse capabilities for delivering network, dedicated server, virtual server, and cloud services. The company needed to quickly move from 1 Gbps interfaces to 10 Gbps interfaces to keep pace with its growth.

The Solution

RackCorp chose Brocade VDX 6740 Switches with Brocade VCS Fabric technology as its core network solution. These switches provided the highest performance at the best value, allowing the company to keep service prices highly competitive. The switches support 1/10/40 GbE and provide the efficiency and flexibility needed to deliver low-latency, high-volume services. Brocade VCS Fabric technology enables a zero-touch ability to scale the infrastructure as needed. The switches also fit seamlessly with RackCorp's existing SDN system to support its automation strategies. Brocade planned the network architecture, enabling RackCorp to deploy Brocade fabrics at data centers in Sydney, Melbourne, Perth, and Hong Kong. The new fabric supports dedicated server, virtual server, and cloud computing services, and can easily be expanded to support network growth without interruption.

Operational Impact

RackCorp was able to scale its network with high performance to support a 100-fold increase in traffic.
The company leveraged Brocade SDN features to integrate with its existing automation platform.
Management and configuration were greatly simplified through Brocade VCS Fabric technology.
RackCorp achieved a rapid return on investment while supporting new growth.

Quantitative Benefit