The Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg (VRS) therefore relies on the high-performance storage systems of the American manufacturer EMC VNX series and the proven service his longtime partner global information distribution GmbH (GI Cologne, October 31, 2013. Regional transport associations today without a complex IT environment don’t get along: the entire passenger information for the composite and 29 connected undertakings, the Android and iPhone APP, will be charged at the VRS GmbH. Currently over three million routes are determined monthly, tendency strongly rising. One can imagine easily the consequences of an IT failure in such a network would have. The Verkehrsverbund Rhein-Sieg (VRS) therefore sets his longtime partner global information distribution GmbH (GID) on the high-performance storage systems of the American manufacturer EMC VNX series and the best service.
Every five years the professionals of the VRS replacing the hardware of their central data storage for safety reasons and to always have the latest and to have the most powerful infrastructure in the home. So a regular renewal was also recently, to which the VRS launched an invitation to tender. This among other things the companies involved Dell and EMC, and EMC just handed the price most attractive offer of the VRS was also commissioned. Our responsible system administrators were very satisfied with this commercial decision, could they still systems serve the outstanding quality EMC”, says Fred Kroll, head of information technology at the VRS. The locally-based EMC distributor GID has implemented the new hardware. “The House with the VRS of already had to install email archiving software Enterprise Vault” recommended by Symantec. The VRS has a primary system for live operation and a secondary system to the mirroring of data that seamlessly can take over the operation, if the primary system fails two VNX 5300 now in use. In addition, the primary system is cache with a so-called F.A.S.T..” equipped: all data will be initially on a built-in SSD drive.