Shanghai Distance Education Group Brings High Quality Learning to the Masses

Overview

The Shanghai Distance Education Group (SDEG) expects the number of concurrent online users to exceed 10,000. Data volumes are also projected to increase as student numbers grow. To ensure it can cater for rapid increases in information volume and provide a seamless learning experience for students, SDEG installed Oracle 10g to deliver a stable, high-performing technology infrastructure. It is the first educational provider in Shanghai to adopt an Oracle grid solution. The move to a grid computing environment ensures hardware failures do not affect system operation, and reduces total cost of ownership by enabling SDEG to use low-cost commodity servers and open source technology.