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1、CUSTOMER SUCCESS STORY | DENSO INTERNATIONAL AMERICADENSO DELIVERS AUTOMOTIVE INNOVATION WITH NVIDIA QUADRO vDWSGraphics-accelerated virtual workstations increase productivity, collaboration, and application adoption.ABOUT DENSODENSO is one of the largest global automotivesuppliersof advanced techno

2、logy, systems, and components, with more than 8,900 patents and 23,000 employees in the US, Canada, and Mexico. The company designs groundbreaking technology and components for the automotive industry by closely partnering with customers right from the start to develop state-of-the-art systems and p

3、roducts. With a wide range of customers, from Ford to Harley Davidson to Toyota and General Motors, DENSO takes pridein looking to new technologies to deliver better products.FIVE REASONS FOR NVIDIA QUADRO vDWSDelivers virtual workstations that perform as well as physical workstationsImproved effici

4、ency and productivity for engineers anddesignersworking with large datasetsQuadrupled usage for the VDI environmentEnables experts from around the world to collaborate onprojectsStreamlines management and maintenance by reducing the amount of physicalhardware IT has tosupportSUMMARY Automotive suppl

5、ier, DENSO was challenged with management complexity of physical workstations with six different boot environments. The team wanted to consolidate the multi-boot environments so engineers could work efficiently and desktop management was morestreamlined With NVIDIA Quadro Virtual Data Center Worksta

6、tion (Quadro vDWS), DENSOs IT team deliveredvirtual workstations that performed just like physical workstations when dealing with large data sets and graphics intensive software Users are so satisfied with the new virtual workstation environment that DENSO has seen a 250% uptick in usage for the VDI

7、 environmentCUSTOMER PROFILEOrganizationDENSOInternational AmericaCUSTOMER SUCCESS STORY | DENSO INTERNATIONAL AMERICAIndustryAutomotiveLocation US,Canada, and MexicoEmployees23,000Website / us-caCHALLENGEWhen it comes to delivering products and closely collaborating with customers, DEN

8、SO knew early on that it needed to move toward a virtual environment. A growing engineering team and customer environmentspresented a unique challenge for IT.PRODUCTSGraphics Acceleration: NVIDIA Quadro Virtual Data Center Workstation (Quadro vDWS)Hypervisor: VMware vSphere on HorizonGPU: NVIDIA Tes

9、la M60Server:Cisco UCS C240“Froman IT standpoint, especially our engineering IT group, it was an administrative nightmare. With ourexistingsystem, engineers would have multi-boot workstationsmeaning six different boot environments, our internal environmentandfiveother environmentsfor the different c

10、ustomers.If auserhadto doany work, theyhad to literally reboot their machine to the different environment, go into it, and do the work. It alsomeant that ifweneeded todoanyupdates, wehadto basically boot every machine into that environment to perform the update.Occasionally,theupdate hadtobe perform

11、ed manually. Therewas alot of time and resources wasted just trying to keep these environments the same. Especially with monthly customer updates, it would take eight to sixteen hours of work for multiple people over a weekend going through andupdating everymachine,” explained WesleyStruble, CAD sys

12、tem administrator, North American Information Technology Services, atDENSO International America.The promise ofvirtualization was aperfectfit for this team and,after an in-depth proof-of-concept, the team settled on VMware as their virtualization platform.CUSTOMER SUCCESS STORY | DENSO INTERNATIONAL

13、 AMERICA“We were trying to get toa point wherewe did nothave all these physical machines to support. And were now moving in that direction,”Struble said.“Since adding NVIDIA Quadro vDWS, we have seen a 250% uptick in usage. That is quadrupled usage for the VDI environment since adding the virtual GP

14、U.”Originally, the team didnt deploy NVIDIA virtual GPU technology because VDIalonewas good enoughfortheusersto be abletosign into the customer environment, download data, move it into an environment and work. Just the time savingsofrebooting the machines alone more thancovered the initial POC.Wesle

15、y Struble, CAD system administrator, North American Information Technology Services, at DENSO International America“The beginning of the project was really about time savings for engineersand designers,” he said.Whileit mettheneeds formediumandsmalldata, virtualization alonewas not meeting the needs

16、 of large data sets at all.“Ouruserswerepushing ustomakethis work. They would saythey wanted this environment andcouldseethe benefit, but itneeded tobeimproved in orderfor them toactually beable to work in it,”Struble clarified.SOLUTIONThe team wanted the virtual workstations to perform just like ph

17、ysical workstations when dealing with large data sets and graphics intensive design software. In addition, they wanted to consolidate the multi-boot environmentstomakeit easierfortheirengineerstoget work done. Strubleandhisteam deployedNVIDIA Quadro Virtual Data CenterWorkstation (Quadro vDWS) to ha

18、ndle the workload.“Before NVIDIA Quadro vDWS, users were logging into the customers environment, downloading data, and moving it over without opening or manipulating it. Now, both our occasional and dedicated users can actually go into VDI, open the data in the DENSO environment with ourown tools, a

19、nd do the work they need,” Struble explained. “Since addingNVIDIA Quadro vDWS we have actually seen a 250% uptick in usage. That is quadrupled usage for the VDI environment since adding the virtual GPU.”CUSTOMER SUCCESS STORY | DENSO INTERNATIONAL AMERICARESULTSForStrubleandhis team theresultsspokef

20、orthemselves.“NVIDIA Quadro vDWS made it so that 9899% of our users could use the virtual environment just like a physical machine sitting infront of them. Users are actually reporting back that it performs exactly the same as a physical machine.”“The summary is that NVIDIA Quadro vDWS made it so th

21、at 9899% of our userscoulduse the virtual environment just like a physicalworkstation sitting in frontof them. Usersareactuallyreportingback that it performs exactlythesameasa physicalworkstation.Andtheadvantage tous is we dont have to roll out as much high-end hardware. So, theres an additionalcost

22、 savings there as well.”INCREASED PRODUCTIVITYStruble further explained that many of the DENSO engineers take pride in their high-end physical workstations, so their acceptance of virtualizationwas especiallyimportant.Wesley Struble, CAD system administrator, North American InformationTechnology Ser

23、vices, at DENSO InternationalAmerica“They have the latest and greatest, most powerful desktops. So, we showed them the benefits of graphics accelerated virtualizationlike the time savings of not having to reboot your machine and going to grab coffee, then coming back to loginto the customerenvironme

24、nt, downloadthedata, and then rebooting again,” he said.LeveragingNVIDIAQuadrovDWSalso deliveredsomeunexpectedproductivity ga. Today there are some DENSO engineers working onphysical machines and on VDI at the same time.“My monitoring systemsshow that one ofourengineersisonherphysical machine and tw

25、o VDI pools right now. She is doing regular work while also working in two customer environments at the same time. We have doubledher capacity.”APPLICATION ADOPTIONWith the success of 3D CAD VDI, DENSO started implementing VDI for CAE applications. The increase in use was immediate. One application

26、in particulardidnthave alotofdedicatedusers, so thecompanyhaddesignated workstations for the application.Strubleexplained,“Userswouldusewalkups forthisoneparticularCAEapplication. The users who didnt have access from their regular desktop suddenlybeganusing the application a lotfromtheirvirtualdeskt

27、op.CUSTOMER SUCCESS STORY | DENSO INTERNATIONAL AMERICANVIDIA Quadro vDWS has enabled them to have the tools right there at theirdeskthattheydidnthavebefore.Idontthinktheresanapplicationatthis pointthatwesupport,whichwehaventvirtualizedon the desktopnow.”GLOBAL COLLABORATIONMore importantly, NVIDIA

28、Quadro vDWS has helped DENSO bring together experts from around the world onto projects.Strubleexplained,“Ononeprojectinparticular,were working tosetup globalstandardsfora CADproductlifecyclemanagement.Withgraphics accelerated virtualization, were collaborating closely with them to spin up a develop

29、ment environment and then create a pool of client machines that connectto that environment, giving accessto it fromJapan. Now ifthey developcode, wecanimplement that code, and then theycantest it inavirtual client from Japan.”WORKING FROM HOMEIn addition, DENSO has a work-from-home policy. However,

30、engineers and designersonphysicalworkstationsdidnt haveaccessto CADsoftwarefrom home.“If you dont have access, then that policy really doesnt apply to you. Nowthey candoalltheirwork fromhome. They canlogin fromhomeandtake advantageof that policy fora better work-lifebalance,” Strublesaid.LOOKING TO

31、THE FUTUREFor DENSO, GPU accelerated virtualization has really taken off and plays heavily in ITsability to deliver newapplicationsto their users.“Wewant togettothe point whereitsessentiallya 24-houra day design center. We are not at that point yet, but NVIDIA Quadro vDWS is something that will get

32、us there. Its already delivering more efficiency to engineers. Using our high-end designersand engineersmore efficientlymeanstheyre able to complete more projects,” Struble explained.GPU acceleratedvirtualization with NVIDIAQuadrovDWShas been sosuccessful that Struble and his team discovered they ha