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Technical Case Study with Jack Wolfskin
Introductions
Kirk Ryan
Severin Canisius
Technical Solutions Architect – Microsoft Solutions
3 years at NetApp
7 years as a customer of NetApp
Senior IT Manager at Jack Wolfskin
15 years at Jack Wolfskin
Responsible for the entire IT strategy
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“There is no bad weather, just bad gear”
1.1 Brief Portrait
Company name & legal form:
Jack Wolfskin GmbH & Co. KGaA
Portfolio:
Leading producer of functional outdoor clothing, footwear and equipment in
Europe and the largest franchisor in the German specialist sports retail market
Founded:
1981
Company HQ:
Idstein (near Frankfurt, Germany)
Employees:
approx. 700
Turnover calendar year 08:
205 million € (+32%)
Turnover calendar year 09:
251 million € (+22%)
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360 Mio
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Turnover calendar year10:
304 million € (+21%)
Turnover calendar year 11:
355 million € (+22,5%)
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Turnover calendar year 12:
351 million € (-1,1%)
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Turnover calendar year 13:
324 million € (-7,9%)
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Turnover calendar year 14:
360* million € (+11,1%)
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2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
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1.2 Company Profile
Our mission

A Jack Wolfskin aims to empower and motivate a growing number of outdoor enthusiasts to lead an active lifestyle
in the outdoors.

A Jack Wolfskin offers its customers a unique range of high quality, functional outdoor products.
Core competence

A Jack Wolfskin focuses on meeting the specific requirements of people who enjoy and actively participate in
outdoor activities.

A Jack Wolfskin utilises innovative technologies and materials to manufacture high-end, technically sophisticated,
comfort-oriented apparel, footwear and equipment for outdoor activities, travel and leisure.

A First-class weather protection.

Deliver high class quality in product
and in service.
APPAREL
FOOTWEAR
EQUIPMENT
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2.0 Initial Situation
IT Strategy:

Systems which we rely on must be handle able internally

To Reduce complexity we focus on a minimum number of suppliers
Situation:

Existing SAN / DAS

Existing FC Infrastructure

Minor Systems Virtualised

Very unsatisfied with:

Performance,

Storage Efficiency and Scalability

Manageability
Challenge:

Extend the Server Virtualization

Virtualise High Impact Workloads

Utilise IT Resources Efficiently
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2.1 How it started

Initial FAS2040 (Single Controller)

Initial Tests with virtual systems
Result:

Easy to handle system

Great performance

Easy to maintain (Upgrade / Update)

Efficiency (Deduplication / Overprovisioning)

NetApp fulfilled all promises
Conclusion:

Shift of all Virtual Workload
FC-NET
B2B Webserverfarm:
www.e-wolf.com
Exchange
CAS Server
HR System
B2C Webserverfarm:
www.jack-wolfskin.com
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2.2 How it expanded

Moving to a FAS3240 based Metro Cluster
 Campus stretched Cluster
 Synchronous Mirroring
 Transparent Failover

CIFS Shares

SnapManager:



Exchange
 Full Backup
 Single Item Restore

SQL
 Full Backup
 Database Clones

Hyper-V
Recycling the FAS2040 as SnapVault Target

Mid Term Backup

Revolutionizing Backup
 Speed Backup / Restore
 Re-Enabling Restore
Upgrading with Flash Cache (512 GB)
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2.3 Building the Warehouse

FAS2040 based local Cluster

Fully Virtualised on Microsoft Hyper -V

Citrix Farm for all Clients

Warehouse Management Server

Material Flow Control System

SIAM Visualization
Warehouse Management
Material Flow Control
Citrix Farm
SIAM
Fork Lift
Microsoft SQL 2008 Cluster
Microsoft Hyper-V 2008 Cluster
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2.4 Shifting Gears in the Warehouse
Logistics:

Expansion to 40.000 sqm

Extension to 5,7 km of Conveyor Track

aprox. 500 SPS / Signaling Points
Requirements:

Support 24 x 7

High Payload SQL Server

High IO
IT:

Migrate to FS3240 Metro Cluster

Upgrade with Flash Cache (256 GB)

Full use of Snap Manager
 Hyper-V
 SQL

Net Capacity: 7,16 TB

Recycle FAS 2040 as Snap Vault
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2.4 Shifting Gears in the Warehouse
Logistics:

Expansion to 40.000 sqm

Extension to 5,7 km of Conveyor Track

aprox. 500 SPS / Signaling Points
Requirements:

Support 24 x 7

High Payload SQL Server

High IO
IT:

Migrate to FS3240 Metro Cluster

Upgrade with Flash Cache (256 GB)

Full use of Snap Manager
 Hyper-V
 SQL

Net Capacity: 7,16 TB

Recycle FAS 2040 as Snap Vault
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2.4 Shifting Gears in the Warehouse
Logistics:

Expansion to 40.000 sqm

Extension to 5,7 km of Conveyor Track

aprox. 500 SPS / Signaling Points
Requirements:

Support 24 x 7

High Payload SQL Server

High IO
IT:

Migrate to FS3240 Metro Cluster

Upgrade with Flash Cache (256 GB)

Full use of Snap Manager
 Hyper-V
 SQL

Net Capacity: 7,16 TB

Recycle FAS 2040 as Snap Vault
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2.4 Shifting Gears in the Warehouse
Logistics:

Expansion to 40.000 sqm

Extension to 5,7 km of Conveyor Track

aprox. 500 SPS / Signaling Points
Requirements:

Support 24 x 7

High Payload SQL Server

High IO
IT:

Migrate to FS3240 Metro Cluster

Upgrade with Flash Cache (256 GB)

Full use of Snap Manager
 Hyper-V
 SQL

Net Capacity: 7,16 TB

Recycle FAS 2040 as Snap Vault
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2.4 Shifting Gears in the Warehouse
Logistics:

Expansion to 40.000 sqm

Extension to 5,7 km of Conveyor Track

aprox. 500 SPS / Signaling Points
Requirements:

Support 24 x 7

High Payload SQL Server

High IO
IT:

Migrate to FS3240 Metro Cluster

Upgrade with Flash Cache (256 GB)

Full use of Snap Manager
 Hyper-V
 SQL

Net Capacity: 7,16 TB

Recycle FAS 2040 as Snap Vault
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3.0 Results

Virtualisation Quota > 70 %

Total Storage Efficiency 52 %

VM IO Response Time <1ms

IO Rate x 10
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4.1 Next Steps
Tech Refresh / Storage Expansion

Moving to the new NetApp 8000 Series

Moving from 7-Mode to Cluster Mode

Growing to 75 TB (net.)
Storage Utilisation

Moving more Heavy Workload

Exchange / SQL
Storage Management

Leverage SCOM / Orchestrator
Software Driven Network

Moving to the “real” private Cloud.
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Trying the cloud
Project

Marketing Campaign Outdoors-is-everywhere.com
Building Blocks

TV Commercial Flight

City Tour with special RV

International Web Site
Impact

Projected 800.000 Contacts

Link between Tour and local Stores
Solution

Moving to Azure
Effect

Considering Azure with the Netapp Cloud Solution

NPS for Azure
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Trying the cloud
Project

Marketing Campaign Outdoors-is-everywhere.com
Building Blocks

TV Commercial Flight

City Tour with special RV

International Web Site
Impact

Projected 800.000 Contacts

Link between Tour and local Stores
Solution

Moving to Azure
Effect

Considering Azure with the Netapp Cloud Solution

NPS for Azure
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Trying the cloud
Project

Marketing Campaign Outdoors-is-everywhere.com
Building Blocks

TV Commercial Flight

City Tour with special RV

International Web Site
Impact

Projected 800.000 Contacts

Link between Tour and local Stores
Solution

Moving to Azure
Effect

Considering Azure with the Netapp Cloud Solution

NPS for Azure
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Trying the cloud
Project

Marketing Campaign Outdoors-is-everywhere.com
Building Blocks

TV Commercial Flight

City Tour with special RV

International Web Site
Impact

Projected 800.000 Contacts

Link between Tour and local Stores
Solution

Moving to Azure
Effect

Considering Azure with the Netapp Cloud Solution

NPS for Azure
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Trying the cloud
Project

Marketing Campaign Outdoors-is-everywhere.com
Internet
Building Blocks
At end of campaign

TV Commercial Flight

City Tour with special RV

International Web Site
www.outdoors-is-everywhere.com
Impact

Projected 800.000 Contacts

Link between Tour and local StoresWebsites
CDN
Solution

Moving to Azure
Effect

Considering Azure with the Netapp Cloud Solution
...

NPS for Azure
Storage
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Trying the cloud
Project

Marketing Campaign Outdoors-is-everywhere.com
Building Blocks

TV Commercial Flight

City Tour with special RV

International Web Site
Impact

Projected 800.000 Contacts

Link between Tour and local Stores
Solution

Moving to Azure
Effect

Considering Azure with the Netapp Cloud Solution

NPS for Azure
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NetApp for Microsoft Private Cloud
Microsoft
Applications
Microsoft
Infrastructure
with Hyper-V
Rapid
Provisioning
NetApp
System Center
integration
Disaster Recovery
NetApp integration
into
Windows
PowerShell™
Toolkit
Backup and Recovery
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Extending the Private Cloud to the Public Cloud
Benefits:
Hybrid Cloud, Multicloud
 On-demand compute
 Massive scalability
 Pay as you go
 Multicloud
+
 Control, security, compliance
 Data portability
 Performance
 Availability
NetApp Private Storage
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4.2 Summary
Great and Exciting Journey with NetApp
 Inspiring
Technology
 Inspiring
People@NetApp to work with
 Great Tools
(AutoSupport, Upgrade Advisor)
 Great
Integration with Microsoft (SnapDrive, SnapManager, PowerShell Library)
 Great
Response Time from Support
It’s the people at NetApp that make the difference!
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