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Using virtualization as an enabler
FRI, AUGUST 15, 2008 — CIO — Never mind the Olympics. You don’t have to be a tween to know that the Disney original movie “Camp Rock” was a sensation this summer, drawing some nine million viewers. Wanting to capitalize on the success, the network decided to put the full-length movie on Disney.com for one day, along with interactive features like the ability to chat with other viewers online, take polls and answer trivia questions.
With a window of 60 days to get the movie on the site, Disney’s Interactive Media Group relied on a combination of virtualization, load balancing and content delivery networks (CDN). About 25 servers were provisioned for different parts of the architecture to balance the load of the anticipated increased traffic, says Bud Albers, CTO of the Interactive Media Group, in Seattl
Check out this article illustrating how this organization used virtualization amongst other technologies to achieve their project requirements with great success. It’s great to see people benefiting from the technology, an interesting read.
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