CASE STUDY
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ezeq, a leading telecommunications
provider based in Israel, has
deployed the Excelero NVMesh as
the centrepiece of a new scale-out storage
architecture behind its mission-critical
data warehouse.
Replacing a high-end all-flash array with the
simplicity and scale of an architecture using
Excelero NVMesh along with Fujitsu servers
and Mellanox 100 Gbps Ethernet switches,
Bezeq has achieved a 2x–3x throughput
improvement and cut database run times by
up to 90%.
As NVMe SSDs overtook traditional Flash
SSD sales in 2019, they are expected to grow
into a US$9 billion market by 2022, up from
just US$2 billion in 2017 (G2M Research,
December 2018).
Bezeq’s results with Excelero, a disruptor
in software-defined block storage, typify
the advantages that NVMe over fabrics
architectures deliver in superior throughput,
ultra-low latency, scalability and flexibility. computing and hosted cloud services.
Several years ago, Bezeq migrated from an
Oracle Exadata system to a Hitachi UCP with
internal Fusion IO and a Hitachi VSP F400
all-flash array connected via Fibre Channel.
Bezeq offers phone and Internet services,
smart devices, cybersecurity and cloud
backup services. But recently, the storage solution’s
insufficient throughput, slow response times
and inability to be expanded led the IT team
to seek a revamp.
Its data warehouse holds more than
118TB of vital data on sales, services,
financial transactions, engineering device
and customer interactions – data used to
generate reports that help management
streamline operations.
The data warehouse is also supporting
an expansion into promising new lines
of business such as high-performance
“The Excelero NVMesh software-defined
technology is the only technological solution
that meets our performance demands and
has proven to be an excellent decision,” said
Igal Muginstein, Storage and Backup Team
Manager at Bezeq.
“As a leader in the national communications
market, we are on the lookout for promising
THE EXCELERO
NVMESH
SOFTWARE-
DEFINED
TECHNOLOGY
IS THE ONLY
TECHNOLOGICAL
SOLUTION THAT
MEETS OUR
PERFORMANCE
DEMANDS.
new technologies. NVMesh is a highly
advanced solution and we have quickly
seen the tangible benefits of replacing the
complicated server with internal SSD and
all-flash array with the simplicity and scale of
Excelero NVMesh.”
The new infrastructure incorporates Excelero
NVMesh running on a Fujistu RX4770 server,
featuring 96 cores and 1TB memory, and
Fujitsu RX2540 storage nodes with 4 TB
NVMe drives – totalling 48 TB. The servers
are connected with Mellanox 100 Gbps
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