Industry:

Hi Tech Manufacturing

Archive and Purge Simplified

Client Overview

A leading global electronics manufacturer with operations across the USA, UK, Denmark, Japan, China, India, Korea, Taiwan, Philippines, and Malaysia. The company is renowned for producing cutting edge electronic components and systems for a variety of industries, ensuring high performance and innovation in every product.

Project Scope

Reduce and Maintain Database volume to 50% from current size (11TB). Apply Purge activities in regular intervals.

  • Database Volume Reduction: The primary goal was to reduce and maintain the database volume by 50% from its existing size of 11TB, ensuring sustainable performance improvements.
  • Regular Purge Implementation: Establish a schedule for purge activities at regular intervals to maintain optimized system performance and prevent uncontrolled database growth.
  • Global Operations Support: The solution was tailored to meet the needs of a globally distributed manufacturing enterprise, ensuring consistency and efficiency across all locations.
Business Situation

The client’s global operations had resulted in significant data accumulation over the years, leading to a bloated database size of 11TB. This growth was negatively impacting system performance, making application upgrades and daily operations more cumbersome and expensive. The company needed a robust solution to systematically reduce and manage the database volume, optimizing system performance and avoiding costly hardware upgrades.

Technical Solution

The existing database, with its size ballooning to 11TB, was straining system resources, leading to slower processing times and extended application upgrade windows. The technical challenge was to reduce the database size while ensuring data integrity and maintaining system availability. Regular purge activities were required to keep the database optimized, but the implementation needed to be agile and consistent across the global operations.

Solutions
  • Comprehensive Data Profiling and Archival: ChainSys utilized dataZense to perform detailed data profiling and identify non-essential data for archiving and purging, ensuring a significant reduction in database size.
  • Systematic Purge Process: Implemented a regular purge process using dataZense, enabling systematic and automated data removal to maintain optimal database size and performance.
  • Global Implementation Strategy: Leveraged cloud-based solutions with minimal on-premise footprint, enabling virtual teams to operate efficiently across all global locations and ensuring consistent implementation.
  • Performance Optimization: Optimized system performance by reducing the load from unnecessary data, which also improved clone activity and shortened application upgrade timelines.
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Benefits
  • Significant Database Reduction: Achieved a 60% reduction in database size through systematic purge activities, preventing uncontrolled growth and optimizing system performance.
  • Improved System Performance: Enhanced system performance by minimizing the data load, resulting in faster clone activities and reduced application upgrade timelines.
  • Cost Efficiency: The client avoided expensive hardware upgrades and processing costs by maintaining a manageable database size, leading to long-term cost savings.
  • Agile Implementation: The first round of testing was completed within 5 weeks, enabling a smooth and agile transition to production. This quick implementation allowed the client to realize benefits rapidly.
  • Consistent Future Maintenance: Established an ongoing purge schedule with every clone, ensuring the database remains efficient and well-maintained in the long term.
Products & Services Used
  • dataZense: Utilized for comprehensive data analytics, archival, and purging processes. The cloud-based implementation allowed for minimal footprint and efficient operation across global locations.
  • dataZense Analytics: Provided future growth predictions and data insights, enabling the client to make informed decisions about database management and system upgrades.
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