KEYnote 44 English - Fall/Winter 2022 | Page 4

C O R P O R A T E

New IT Infrastructure for Wibu-Systems

The new Wibu-Systems Campus in Karlsruhe was built to make working easier and more enjoyable – and that also goes for the all-new network infrastructure . The internal IT team has made Wibu-Systems fit for the challenges ahead .
The move into our purpose-built head offices has brought not only a new work environment for the people of Wibu-Systems , but also realized a complete updating of the company ’ s internal network infrastructure . The internal virtualization platform has been redesigned from the ground up , a change driven by the pursuit of greater availability , better load balancing , and the ability to recover faster and more reliably from failures or other incidents .
With the support of the service team of Leitwerk ( https :// www . leitwerk . de ), our internal servers have a new , faster cluster with DELL hardware , datacore memory management , and VMware vSphere , which meets current standards and keeps the system scalable and fit for the future . As an added bonus , a Veeam backup solution was built right into the new setup .
All pieces of the system are linked by fast fiber connections . Virtual machines can be moved around at a moment ’ s notice , and the system rapidly backed up or recovered . This means that critical machines can be backed up more frequently , keeping the backups as fresh as possible should a recovery be needed .
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10 Gbit / s Ethernet Switch
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The chosen setup has put Wibu-Systems in a perfect place for smooth and secure operations in the coming years .
32 Gbit / S Fibre Channel ( Initiator ) 32 Gbit / S Fibre Channel ( Mirror ) 32 Gbit / S Fibre Channel ( Frontend ) 32 Gbit / S Fibre Channel ( Inter-Switch Link ) 10 Gbit / S Ethernet
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The traditional 3-level approach was chosen specifically because of its tried-and-true reliability and the independence from individual hardware brands it offers . While the current hardware comes exclusively from DELL , it is not the only solution : When the system is expanded or updated later on , the technology can come from other makers , with a flexible choice of component providers .
32 Gbit / s FC Switch
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