Database Server Solution Case Studies

CooperVision Although the team considered a UNIX solution, they decided to remain a 100-percent Microsoft shop and deploy a scale-up solution using Unisys ES7000 servers with Intel Itanium 2-based processors, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Datacenter Edition and SQL Server 2000. Thanks to the new 64-bit platform, CooperVision has realized profound performance improvements—enabling them to maintain its global data center model and avoid $400,000 in equipment costs per subsidiary site that it would take to set up individual data centers.

Karachi Stock Exchange (KSE) is now using Unisys ES7000 64-bit technology to run its Oracle database application utilizing Oracle RAC technology in a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 operating environment. KSE has seen a 100-percent increase in the amount of transactions per minute its trading application can write thanks to the Unisys, Oracle, Microsoft and Intel platform.

Chicago Park District noticed the immediate benefit of increased availability and reliability with the Intel processor-based ES7000 server running Oracle. Also crucial, the team successfully achieved a comprehensive solution from a storage and back-up standpoint. CPD continues to enjoy the long-term advantage of being able to easily plan for growth with future applications and new technologies.

Pilgrim's Pride established a robust high-availability environment to support short- and long-term growth of critical SAP applications and databases with mainframe-class availability, lower-cost online transaction processing, and improved performance for SAP users.

Comprehensive Software Systems Flexible system management, mainframe-class reliability, and a stable environment to perform research and development for new software releases.

Mediterranean Shipping Company needed a highly scalable, enterprise-class database to help it accommodate its annual growth rate of 30 percent. MSC has some 5 terabytes of information stored on multiple instances of SQL Server across its global operations hosted on 18 Unisys ES7000/520 servers. (Microsoft case study)

Nationwide Building Society has to store and maintain business information dating back at least seven years to comply with the Basel II Capital Accord. To do this Nationwide needed a new data management and reporting solution. Nationwide turned to Microsoft® SQL Server™ 2005—the Database Engine running on a Unisys ES7000 Enterprise Server. (Microsoft case study)