Textbooks hosted on reliable TopRAID systems - Starline Computer: Storage und Server Lösungen von erfahrenen Experten

The top class for special tasks

TopRAID systems are ideally suited as high-availability storages for server virtualization with VMware.

TopRAID equipment for everyday VMware school life

Digital Pact implemented early: Virtualization with TopRAID and VMware

The concept “Digital Textbooks” from the Verband Bildungsmedien e. V. (Educational Media Association) had to be realized. The participating educational media manufacturers therefore agreed on a central virtual book shelf. Your digital products should be offered there in a uniform format. 

Therefore, teachers and students should be able to manage books from different publishers centrally and use them conveniently. However, this should be possible online and offline. No problem, for a server virtualization of Starline with TopRAID and VMware.

  • TopRAID M100 Storage System
  • VMware vSphere
  • Veeam Backup & Replication

Textbooks hosted on reliable TopRAID systems with VMware

Digital textbooks for dedicated teachers and students

The hosting provider synergetic AG, however, managed the server virtualization together with Starline. For this reason, the solution included customized storage systems and leading virtualization software. (With VMware vSphere and Veeam Backup & Replication.) 

The TopRAID M100 storage systems, which were specially developed for virtual environments, consequently served as central storage space for the digital books in the data center of synergetic AG. The VMware-certified storage hardware was therefore the “heart” of the virtual library.

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„Simply everything fits: open, scalable and extremely reliable – the TopRAID systems offer an optimal storage platform for digital media.”
Stefan Scheurle - Synergetic AG

The entire quantity of digital books from over 20 different publishers was finally accessible from everywhere. For this reason, a practical solution was created from the imaginary “cloud” concept. Centralized and secure, yet completely flexible: And the schools and students could finally manage, read and use books from different publishers on one digital shelf.

With VMware to the virtual TopRAID bookshelf

The TopRAID systems support all essential features of VMware and also have a vCenter plugin. Therefore a seamless integration into the virtualization environment was guaranteed. However, these systems have been operating reliably for several years. They could thus easily be moved and integrated into a new data center.

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„The systems enable a significant reduction in the load on ESXi hosts, since some VMware functions are outsourced to the storage. We also like the possibility of expanding RAID groups and LUNs without downtime. ”
Stefan Scheurle - Synergetic AG

Our solution

Making “digital textbooks” finally available in a uniform format – this is without doubt a practical solution. Students and teachers can use their books from any computer with or without Internet access – either at school or at home. 

After all, a modern data center, central data storage and a sophisticated virtualization concept are indispensable prerequisites for this successful solution.

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A format. A technique. With “Digital Textbooks“, schools, teachers and students could manage, read and use books from different publishers on a virtual shelf – online or offline. This made about 3,000 titles available. Around 74,000 teachers and pupils took advantage of the offer. (In the meantime the system has been transferred to another project.)

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The service portfolio of synergetic AG ranges from the conception and implementation of Internet presences with domain and hosting or own servers in the cloud, to editorial support for online and offline content, to the management of LAN and WAN structures including the networking of locations and the training of employees.

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Bernd Widmaier
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Sales manager and expert in vertical markets and in Mac, video storage and media streaming.