利用 IBM FlashSystem 支持的软件即服务实现业务转型
公司规模
200-1,000
地区
- America
国家
- Canada
产品
- IBM FlashSystem
- IBM SAN Volume Controller
- IBM Storwize V3700
- IBM Power Systems servers
技术栈
- IBM FlashSystem
- IBM SAN Volume Controller
- IBM Storwize V3700
- IBM Power Systems servers
实施规模
- Enterprise-wide Deployment
影响指标
- Customer Satisfaction
- Productivity Improvements
技术
- 基础设施即服务 (IaaS) - 云存储服务
- 基础设施即服务 (IaaS) - 混合云
适用行业
- 医疗保健和医院
适用功能
- 商业运营
用例
- 过程控制与优化
- 实时定位系统 (RTLS)
服务
- 云规划/设计/实施服务
- 系统集成
关于客户
加拿大绿盾 (GSC) 成立于 1957 年，是一家非营利性组织，致力于让 270 万加拿大人更方便、更负担得起地享受药房和牙科服务。虽然所有加拿大人都可以免费享受核心医疗服务，但药品、牙科和眼科护理等其他服务则需要大多数成年人口自费或购买保险。GSC 成立的目的是提供健康计划，让雇主能够支付员工的健康和牙科费用。如今，它是加拿大唯一一家全国性的非营利性福利保险公司。GSC 仍然秉承其最初创始人的价值观，并致力于成为行业内最具创新性的健康福利公司。
挑战
Green Shield Canada (GSC) 希望通过为其他健康计划提供商提供索赔处理服务来扩大其在健康管理市场中的作用。然而，该公司面临着确保其 IT 系统能够满足新客户需求的挑战。GSC 的首次客户实施计划将在一夜之间使其索赔处理解决方案的总工作量增加 70% 到 80%，这要求该公司确保其基础设施能够处理增加的压力。该公司意识到，当新的工作负载上线时，I/O 速度将成为最大的瓶颈，这促使他们开始创造性地思考。
解决方案
GSC 引入了性能极高的 IBM FlashSystem 技术，作为其现有磁盘系统之上的性能存储层。由于 GSC 的存储已使用 IBM System Storage SAN Volume Controller 完全虚拟化，因此有机会通过添加相对较薄的超快存储层来支持其关键 Oracle 数据库，从而大幅加速批处理和 OLTP 工作负载。通过将 IBM Easy Tier 与 SAN Volume Controller 结合使用，该公司可以轻松管理整个虚拟化存储环境，并以最佳效率管理其数据 - 将最常访问的数据保存在最快的存储上，而将较旧或存档的数据保存在成本较低的磁盘上。
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