Edoardo Mascherin, Lean Manufacturing & Industry 4.0 manager
Background
We helped Brovedani Slovakia to build a new virtualization infrastructure, which ensures the operation of all systems of the manufacturing plant. As the original systems were obsolete, both in terms of hardware and software, they had to be replaced with a newer solution. The modernization was brought about by a complete replacement of both hardware and software components of the virtualization platform.
Project implementation process
During the presales phase, we presented the proposed solution to the customer and explained its advantages. Throughout the process, Soitron provided expert consultations, as part of which we discussed the complete implementation step by step. The main challenge for us was the implementation part – important components of the new solution had to run on one of the original servers after implementation, while the server was simultaneously used for production applications until the last moment.
In addition, we had to be careful not to disrupt production, which was running 24×7. Our team carried out the replacement without any downtime. The project also included a partial extension of the network infrastructure. In conjunction with/Together with this project there was also another one – backing up the new virtual environment.
Results and benefits
a more modern and reliable solution
more efficient system operation
Gold SLA agreement
Customer Profile
Brovedani Slovakia s.r.o. is part of the Brovedani Group SpA based in Italy. In Slovakia, it specializes in mass production of metal micro-components for the automotive industry. It is one of the most important employers in the Galanta area.
Technologies used
HPE ProLiant servers, VMware vSphere virtualization platform, VSAN solution from VMware