Batch Processing

The Problem

Batch processing is the backbone of every business. IT organizations must process data on a daily basis to provide employees, management, customers, and other business processes with timely information to run their companies and service their customers. Routine batch processing is typically done at night, when it cannot impact daily system resources, and needs to be completed long before the next business day. In most cases, high I/O waits and latency prevent fast data access in order to complete batch processing within this time window. As a result, the most up-to-date information is not available once the business opens the next day, or worse, critical business processes could not be run the night before, causing a cascading effect to the rest of the business.

The Solution

If you can accelerate data access by eliminating I/O bottlenecks and reducing latency, then batch processing will run faster and complete within the nightly window. Data will not be obsolete by the next business day and all other business processes will have also completed before your doors open for business. Both employee and customer satisfaction and business operations will improve because you had access to the right data at the right time.

Kaminario K2 high performance Flash and DRAM SAN storage systems will cut your batch processing window down to size so you not only get the information you need when you need it, but also make room for new processes to be introduced within that nightly operations window. The Kaminario K2 also has no single point of failure and supports high availability, enabling data access to continue no matter what.