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Big Data as a Service

: March 21 2012; Hits: 1748

Big data is leveraged by businesses to gain competitive advantage, improve operational efficiency, increase revenues, reduce risk or to implement new business models. For such initiatives time to market is crucial along with the confidence of doing it right. MetaScale ensures you don't follow the laggard line by providing quick time to market for custom Hadoop installations. If you have an extensive mainframe footprint, reducing MIPS is a major cost saving opportunity. MetaScale can deliver results for you by moving your COBOL and JCL to Hadoop. These solutions are then seamlessly integrated to the existing platforms in your enterprise.

Our Solution	Your Business Benefit	MetaScale	Cloud Providers	Software / Hardware Vendors	Service Providers
Managed Hadoop Offering	•Private, secure cloud •Save time and money •Demystify big data implementation	Yes	No	No	No
Managed Implementation	•Custom, fully integrated solution •Implementation in weeks not years •Massive parallel processing ability •Easily scalable	Yes	No	No	Yes
All Inclusive Service Pricing	•Transparent cost structure •Predictable monthly billing •Designed with your future growth in mind	Yes	Yes	No	No
Commodity Hardware	•Vendor agnostic •Open source	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
On Demand Professional Services	•Skilled project resources •Hadoop expertise •Deep enterprise big data experience	Yes	No	No	Yes

What's Inside

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Data Center

Tier III Production Data Center
Segregated locked caged environment for assets being utilized by customers
Separate Utility Feeds Into the Data Center
Battery UPS with Backup Generators
24 x 7 Onsite Security
Dual Diverse Communication Paths from Major Telcos
Zoned Key Card Access System
Fire Suppression/Fire Alarm with VESDA (Very Early Smoke Detection Annunciation)
Onsite 24 x 7 Licensed Maintenance Mechanical and Electrical Engineering team

Hardware/Software

Hadoop Master Nodes, include redundant power, network, and storage (via RAID).
Two Hadoop Access Nodes, including redundant power, 10GbE network, and storage (via RAID).
Hadoop Worker/Data Nodes include redundant network. Storage redundancy is provided by HDFS
Racks with Redundant PDUs (Power Distribution Units) and two (redundant) Top Of Rack (TOR) 1GbE switches with 10GbE uplinks.
Required TB of usable HDFS storage
Hadoop Distribution
Linux OS
Hardware Support and Maintenance
Software Support and Maintenance
Standardized Hardware and Software builds

Support

24 x 7 Command Center
Help Desk, Customer Support
Network Support and Maintenance
Incident, Problem, and Change Management
Hadoop Stack Administration, Support, and Maintenance
Basic monitoring and alerting
Initial and ongoing data loads
Optional Production Job/Data Support and Maintenance (additional fees applies)
Optional Professional Services for further customizations and enhancements of your Big Data solution (hourly rates apply)