AutoTrader's pioneering switch to 64-bit grid computing pays off
AutoTrader 率先将技术迁移到64位网格计算。 AutoTrader's pioneering switch to 64-bit grid computing pays off
Horizontal expansion saves AutoTrader £1m in capital investment.
水平扩展节省AutoTrader £1m投资
AutoTrader has used 64-bit grid computing to support a rapid expansion of its online motor exchange operations without the need for major capital investment in new enterprise servers.
AutoTrader 使用64位的网格计算以支持快速增加的在线车辆交易而不需要在新的企业服务器上进行投资。AutoTrader's car search and transaction site receives 200 million hits and 50 million car searches a month, and is experiencing 40% annual growth in use.
AutoTrader 车辆搜索和交易网站一个月接受2亿点击和5千万次的车辆搜索，而且以每年40%的速度在增加
Without investing in grid technologies, AutoTrader would have been forced into a Unix server upgrade, which would have meant a capital investment of more than £1m, said Shahid Mohammed, data operations manager at AutoTrader.
AutoTrader的数据业务经理Shahid Mohammed说：“如果没有网格技术的投资，AutoTrader必须进行unix服务器的升级，那将超过 £1m的投资”。
With grid computing, AutoTrader can add new servers to meet demand incrementally, without having to over-invest in capacity, Mohammed said.
Mohammed说：“使用网格计算，AutoTrader可以增加新的服务器以满足增加的访问，而避免容量上的重复投资”。"For us the only two options were buying bigger and bigger servers to cope with the extra load, or look at grid computing and expand horizontally rather than vertically. We have been able to expand on demand and it also means you spread out the capital investment over one or two years, plus it costs less," Mohammed said.
Mohammed 说：“对我们来说，只有两种方式：买大的更大的服务器来应对不断增长的负载或使用网格计算水平而不是几乎垂直的扩展服务器（按需增加所需的服务器），我们已经可以按需扩展而且这还意味者你可以在1到2年里扩展你的主要投资”
Trader Media, which owns AutoTrader, is using Oracle Database 10g and Real Application Clusters on Sun v40z Opteron servers running Red Hat 3AS. It aims to generate a return on investment of approximately 70%, the company said.
Trader Media, AutoTrader的拥有者，现在在运行Red Hat 3AS的Sun v40z Opteron服务器上使用oracle数据库10g和oracle实时应用集群。它的目标是要产生月约70%的投资汇报率。
Grid computing has also allowed AutoTrader to avoid the duplicated costs of running failover sites, Mohammed said.
网格计算还使AutoTrader避免因网站运行故障引起的重复损失。
AutoTrader was one of the first large-scale business implementations of this kind in the UK, according to David Mitchell, software practice leader at analyst firm Ovum.
AutoTrader是在美国首先进行这种大规模商业部署的公司之一，according to David Mitchell，软件实施是Ovum分析指导的，
However, he said the technology had already been well tried in scientific computing and the chipsets were not new, so the risks were reduced. "This is leading edge rather than bleeding edge," he said
毕竟，这些技术已经很好的用在科学计算上了，核心已经不是最新的，所以风险已经减少。这是渐进的。
Since AutoTrader also invested in 64-bit Intel Itanium systems, it has taken on two technologies relatively untried in business. However, Mohammed said AutoTrader received extensive free consultancy and support from suppliers including Oracle, Dell, HP, Intel and Sun Microsystems.
AutoTrader也在intel64位系统进行了投资，AutoTrader已经实施了2项相对没有商业经验的技术。Mohammed说AutoTrader接受了oracle，dell，hp，intel，sun等供应商的很多免费咨询和服务。
Mohammed said the IT department did need to invest in its skills in order to support the new technology. "It is more complicated than standalone technology and you have to take into account the time it takes to get staff up to speed."
Mohammed说IT部门需要在技能培训上进行投资以支持新的技术，这比单独的技术更复杂，你必须考虑到所花费的时间,以使工作人员达到的速度
Because grid computing uses a network of servers to support a variety of applications in a flexible way, AutoTrader is able to use its system to support its batch processing during the night, as well as website transactions, which peak during the day.
因为网格计算使用网络服务器以灵活的方式支持各种不同应用。AutoTrader可以使用他的系统在晚上支持批处理和在白天支持网站交易。
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