As an electronic game developer and publisher, the game development company is mainly responsible for developing and publishing computer games, and has published more than 200 games since 2003. Now this company has established a long-term cooperative relationship with FS.
The client's existing network can no longer support the current normal operation of the business, and needs to seek an upgrading network solution to achieve a more efficient and productive business with better performance, reliability, and security.
The current network access layer bandwidth is limited, with a maximum speed of only 10G, which cannot meet the current business needs. When the business peaks, the network will experience severe packet loss or even interruption.
With the expansion of the network scale, the connection between devices becomes complex, leading to a chaotic overall network topology. If the network is broken, troubleshooting will become extremely complex.
The customer's renovation plan has cost limitations and requires each node's equipment to reduce prices as much as possible while meeting demand. At the same time, it is hoped that the new equipment will be compatible with the HW-compatible modules and cables currently in use to ensure future compatibility.
Customers have high requirements for network security and hope to solve network failures promptly in the future to reduce the economic losses caused by failures.
The game company's collaboration journey with FS began in 2023 when the network team identified a need to upgrade the switching capabilities in its data center network. Gaming data center was experiencing challenges with network speed and performance, and maintaining and upgrading the legacy switches was becoming increasingly labor-intensive and costly.
At the core and aggregation layers, the N8560-32C and N8550-32C switches with 32x 100G ports are used to provide higher speed and bandwidth, reduce latency, and improve overall performance.
At the access layer, S5860-48XMG and S5860-24MG-U with Multi-Gig Ethernet and 2.5G Multi-Gig Ethernet ports support higher connection speeds than the Gigabit Ethernet ports previously used by most devices.
The Game development company has also taken advantage of PicOS® switches and AmpCon™ unified management platform to build high-performance gaming data center solutions, enabling remote deployment and automated management. It delivers a high-performance, easy-to-manage, and secure network, simplifying operations and reducing overall OPEX.
Finally, the customer’s original Huawei-compatible modules can be easily configured via the FS Airmodule Smart Cloud to ensure compatibility with multi-brand equipment. So it doesn't need to purchase extra modules, and helps to save budget costs.
Since adopting FS solutions, the game development company has realized faster network and cost savings. From 10G to 100G upgrade, which leads to a more efficient and productive business, with better performance, reliability, and security. With AmpCon™ Management Platform, the data center network can be scaled or updated easily and securely from anywhere with automated provisioning and policy enforcement to save hours of manual labor.
"Thanks for the solution and thanks for the quote. Also, the change to the "core" switch makes a lot of sense, especially saving so much! Interesting to see a switch that can handle 100G or 40G ports on 32 ports. I look forward to working together again."
From a company representative