1. IBM Systems and Technology
Industrial Products
Fritz Winter Eisengießerei GmbH & Co. KG – Continuous availability with private cloud and SAP solutions
ROI within 2.5 years
on systems that the company plans to retain for five years
> 95 percent faster
analysis cuts report runtime from 90 minutes to just five
50 percent smaller
database size thanks to advanced compression technology
Photo: Fritz Winter Eisengießerei GmbH & Co. KG
The transformation: Recognizing the impact of even a single day’s IT systems downtime, Fritz Winter chose to replace its server landscape with a fully virtualized and flexible private cloud solution. The company can rely on continuous availability, removing the business risk of IT systems downtime and helping the company to succeed in the highly competitive automotive sector.
Solution components
Hardware
IBM® System x®3650 M4, IBM Storwize® V7000, V3700, IBM System Storage TS7620
Software
IBM DB2®, IBM System Storage® SAN Volume Controller Enterprise Edition, IBM Tivoli® Storage Manager
Applications
SAP for Automotive, SAP ERP, SAP Business Warehouse
Services
IBM Global Technology Services®
Business Partner
c.a.r.u.s. Information Technology
Client Name:
Fritz Winter Eisengießerei GmbH & Co. KG
Case study Link:
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Pull Quote:
“Our IBM private cloud architecture for SAP ERP improves system reliability and increases availability with a fully automated VMware failover configuration."
—Thomas Wentzel, Director of Organization and Informatics, Fritz Winter Eisengießerei GmbH & Co. KG
Company Background:
Fritz Winter Eisengießerei GmbH & Co. KG, located in Stadtallendorf in Germany, is the largest independent foundry in Europe. The company employs 3,700 people at three production plants, manufacturing a wide range of cast-iron products for major car, utility vehicle and hydraulics companies in the automotive sector.
Solution components:
Hardware
IBM® System x®3650 M4
IBM Storwize® V7000
IBM Storwize V3700
IBM System Storage TS7620 ProtecTIER® Deduplication Appliance Express
Software
IBM System Storage® SAN Volume Controller Enterprise Edition
IBM DB2® for Linux, UNIX and Windows
IBM Tivoli® Storage Manager Extended Edition
Applications
SAP for Automotive
SAP ERP
SAP Business Warehouse
VMware vSphere Enterprise Plus Edition
Services
IBM Global Technology Services®
Buisness Partner
c.a.r.u.s. Information Technology GmbH Hannover
Business challenge:
The automotive sector is particularly competitive, and the industry moves ahead very rapidly. Fritz Winter recognized that the risk of IT system downtime – even for a single day such as during an infrastructure upgrade – could result in significant financial and related business losses.
The benefit:
By implementing a comprehensive IBM solution together with IBM Business Partner c.a.r.u.s., Fritz Winter ensured full support for the entire server and storage environment to enable quick and seamless problem solving. The IBM private cloud architecture for SAP ERP improves system reliability and increases availability with a fully automated VMware failover configuration. The company also improved business agility by accelerating deployment of new servers by more than 99 percent, from days to less than one hour - all that with a return on investment within 2.5 years.
“Our IBM private cloud architecture for SAP ERP improves system reliability and increases availability with a fully automated VMware failover configuration."
—Thomas Wentzel, Director of Organization and Informatics, Fritz Winter Eisengießerei GmbH & Co. KG
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