DVSE GmbH Supports Critical Applications and High-Performance with Reliable Data Infrastructure
 
 

DVSE GmbH Supports Critical Applications and High-Performance with Reliable Data Infrastructure

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DVSE GmbH's core business is providing the automotive industry with services and specific information through electronic catalogs. The company has grown to become a European market leader in catalog and information systems for parts dealers, automotive repair shops, and the automotive industry as a whole.

To ensure that more than 450,000 users from repair garages across Europe can access catalog data, DVSE requires a high performance, robust, and stable database infrastructure. For years, DVSE has invested in a strong IT environment to meet these needs, and it continually turned to Oracle technology. Most recently, DVSE deployed the Oracle Linux operating system to enhance performance while cutting operations costs. It also implemented Oracle Real Application Clusters to ensure high availability and enable the system to scale to support new customers.

 
 

 
 

Challenges

A word from DVSE GmbH (DVSE Gesellschaft für Datenverarbeitung, Service und Entwicklung mbH)

  • “Compared to our Windows-based infrastructure, with our new infrastructure built on Oracle Linux, Oracle Real Application Clusters, Oracle Database, and Oracle tools, we can significantly reduce operating costs and also guarantee the best possible performance, seamless scalability, and extremely low downtime, even in the face of disaster.” – Michael Reimann, Managing Director, DVSE GmbH

  • Deploy a platform to ensure high performance of the company’s online automotive catalogs and meet the availability demands of the automotive parts business, which requires quick and reliable access to order platforms—something the existing Windows-based platform could not supply, as it had reached its capacity
  • Meet the guaranteed service level agreements (SLAs) for online catalog availability, even in emergency situations
  • Optimize performance of the online automotive catalogs to support continued company growth
  • Set up a scalable environment that enables the creating new online automotive parts catalogs for more automotive dealers without suffering performance loss
  • Implement an integrated IT infrastructure that the company can manage and support efficiently

Solutions

Oracle Product and Services

  • Worked with Oracle Platinum Partner dignum HighValueIT GmbH to implement a fast, scalable, and inexpensive information delivery process for parts catalogs in a mirrored three-node real application cluster environment at two locations, accessed by repair shops
  • Established a robust environment that ensures high availability and guaranteed service hours for 450,000 automotive and parts customers
  • Selected Oracle Linux for the operating system due to low license costs plus comprehensive and cost-efficient support
  • Fulfilled SLAs even during server downtimes, as a back-up server is activated within minutes
  • Optimized performance for 450,000 users through high availability and guaranteed access security based on Oracle Real Application Clusters
  • Ensured that the company can create catalogs for new customers without performance loss due to the ability to extend the application clusters in both server centers when the maximum performance level has been reached
  • Provided a seamless scalability option to support future company growth

Partner

Oracle Platinum Partner dignum HighValueIT GmbH implemented the new environment. DVSE selected dignum HighValueIT GmbH for its comprehensive experience with Oracle products and solid knowledge of availability issues and disaster recovery.