1. IBM Systems and Technology – XIV
Media & Entertainment
Netflix, Inc.–Supporting mission-critical business services with a grid-scale, hotspot-free enterprise storage platform
10x performance boost
helps exceed SLAs for higher-quality service to the business
80% reduced
physical footprint frees up valuable data center space
The transformation: The Netflix storage team wanted to ensure that vital business services were always available, but its existing platform was unable to deliver the targeted service quality. Today, Netflix relies on IBM XIV to deliver 100 percent availability for business data with 10 times greater performance.
No unplanned downtime
for storage since the solution went live
Client Name:
Netflix, Inc.
Case study Link:
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Pull Quote:
“IBM XIV has helped us to exceed practically all of our service-level agreements with the business.”
—Jan Krivocheia, Senior Storage Architect at Netflix
Company Background:
Founded in 1997 in Los Gatos, California, Netflix, Inc. has grown to become one of the world’s leading internet subscription services for movies and TV shows, with more than 50 million streaming members.
Solution components:
Hardware
IBM® XIV® Storage System
Software
Oracle database
Vmware
Business challenge:
To reduce the risk of unplanned storage outages harming its business, Netflix targeted the highest levels of availability for mission-critical internal services. How could it achieve its goal?
The benefit:
Today, Netflix supports approximately 300,000 sub-millisecond database transactions per minute with no unplanned downtime—offering a seamless, high-quality service to the business.
Solution components
Hardware
• IBM® XIV® Storage System
Software
• Oracle database
• VMware
“IBM XIV has helped us to exceed all of our service-level agreements with the business.”
—Jan Krivocheia, Senior Storage Architect at Netflix
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