Japan’s Nico Nico Douga Saves Energy With Fusion-io

Fusion-io, Inc.
announced that Dwango Co.’s Nico Nico Douga, a video-sharing
website in Japan, is using Fusion ioMemory to improve user experience while
reducing its data center footprint.

With Fusion ioDrives installed into its
servers, Dwango was able to improve system performance and consolidate servers,
which reduced the amount of energy and space needed to provide
its users the experience they expect of Japan’s top video-sharing website.

"Our user base and the
content they generate is growing rapidly, so we needed to find a solution that
would reduce datacenter sprawl while maintaining high levels of service for our
community," said Tetsuya Sato, Nico Nico Douga Infrastructure Manager.
"With Fusion ioDrives, tasks that
used to take a day were reduced to just hours. This allows us to guarantee our
customers a predictably high experience when watching any content, regardless
of popularity, all without the expensive and wasteful over-provisioning we used
to need."

Nico Nico Douga has over 26 million registered users and 1.5 million
premium users. On its site, tens of thousands of simultaneous users can want to
view videos at any given time. Supporting performance for the
popular content used to require 15 servers, but with the Fusion ioDrives, Nico
Nico Douga can support these same traffic spikes with just two to three servers. By reducing its overall server footprint from 4:1 while enabling four
times the performance per server, Dwango reduced its
current and future floor space needs, as well as its maintenance requirements.
With this reduced complexity, the Dwango IT team can spend time on improving
business operations rather than just maintaining systems.

"It’s not surprising that
an innovative website like Dwango’s Nico Nico Douga is leading the way in
finding equally innovative solutions to today’s data demand challenges,"
said Jim Dawson, Fusion-io EVP of WW Sales. "Rather than be tied to ineffective and
expensive legacy solutions, Mr.Sato and his team showcase how leading IT
professionals are architecting open systems tailored to the needs of their
company and customers."