Shanghai Sihua Technologies Supports 267% Increase in Concurrent Users with Embedded Database System
 
 

Shanghai Sihua Technologies Supports 267% Increase in Concurrent Users with Embedded Database System

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Shanghai Sihua Technologies (also known as OneWave Technologies) develops and deploys content management and delivery platforms for broadband and television network providers. The company offers management systems for delivering on-demand content, with a content delivery network solution that integrates with back-end systems for live encoding and decoding in television broadcasting.

 
 

 
 

Challenges

A word from Shanghai Sihua Technologies Co., Ltd

  • “Our customers require systems that can be relied on to deliver high quality video, music, and television content to many hundreds of thousands of consumers. Oracle’s embedded databases offer the robust performance, stability, scalability, and security that ensure our content distribution platforms meet the demanding requirements of our customers.” – Zhidong Wang, Vice President, Shanghai Sihua Technologies Co., Ltd

  • Improve response times for the company’s content streaming solutions to ensure rapid and seamless delivery of videos, music, and television programs to consumers
  • Ensure high redundancy for databases that contain critical data, such as consumers’ registration details, subscription choices, and billing information
  • Support large numbers of concurrent users, to ensure a positive viewing and listening experience

Solutions

Oracle Product and Services

  • Incorporated Oracle Database, Oracle Berkeley DB, and Oracle TimesTen In-Memory Database in its content management and distribution systems, which are used by some of China’s largest broadband and television content providers
  • Saved 20% in software licensing costs by embedding Oracle database products in its content delivery solution
  • Achieved rapid content delivery times, enabling broadband providers and television stations to provide consumers with music, videos, and television programs on demand
  • Increased the number of concurrent users that can be supported in peak time by approximately 267%, from 1,500 to 4,000
  • Protected information, such as subscriber details in the event of a system failure, by embedding highly redundant databases to run content streaming platforms
  • Ensured high availability by implementing Oracle Coherence, which redistributes data management services if a server fails
  • Selected Oracle databases for their automatic storage management capabilities, which eases maintenance
  • Built the foundation to evolve from a single node to distributed database deployments in the future