WaveGame is an online game publisher in Indonesia that chose Intel Xeon processor 5600 series, Intel Server Board S5500BCR & S5500HCVR to support its latest MMORPG, The Three Kingdoms Online. This provided high performance for robust gaming infrastructure handling large user loads efficiently. It allowed flexible, easy and affordable deployment within budget and schedule. Energy efficiency also lowered operational costs by reducing space and power demands in collocated data centers.

1. Case Study
lntel" Xeon'Processor 5600 Series
Service Providers & Media
Gaming Delivery lnfrastructure
Compelling Performance for Robust Online
Gaming lnfrastructures
WaveGame chose lntel'Xeon'processor 5600 series, lntel'Server Board S5500BCR & S5sOOHCVR to support the rollout
of its latest massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPC) The Three Kingdoms gnline
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PT talave Wahana Wisesa
(tnlaveGame) is a leading
online game publisher based in
lndonesia, With over 700,000
members in lndonesia alone
actively engaged with a
growing stable of online games,
WaveCame is poised to grow
beyond national borders into
an established international
presence in the online gaming
and virtual payment industry,
"one of the most important areas of the
online gaming business is the choice of a
hardware platform that is both flexible to
configure and simple to upgrade. These
factors. together with the cost-effective
high performance capabilities offered by
lntel' Xeon' processor 5600 series, lntel'
Server Board S5500BCR & S5500HCVR,
mean that PT ln/ave can rest assured on
the future of our business growth."
Sanjaya Wahono
Director
PT Wave Wahana Wisesa
CHALLENGES
'High performance capabilities under load. MM0Rpc gaming servers need to perform
optimally 2417 handling data and computing intensive tasks while maintaining peak connectivity
with users and each other.
'Flexibility, ease & affordability of deployment. The confluence of technical and marketing
operations demand that lhe Three Kingdoms Ontinebe published within a tight schedule and
budget.
'Energy efficiency. As WaveCame deploys its servers using collocation, space and energy
consumption are foremost business considerations that will serve to lower the overall cost of
operations.
SOLUTIONS
'Embrace cutting-edge server board technology. lntel'server Board S5500BCR and
55500HCVR feature flexible scalability and expandability in l/0. memory, LAN and storage.
which is ideal for the deployment of mission-critical online business applications,
'Leverage on the latest lntel'Xeon" processor-based servers, Powerful lntel'processor
5600 series-based systems form the backbone of gaming servers that are required to
support a massive number of users across complex computing tasks while automating energy
consumption without increasing data center footprint or power demands.
'Work with qualified local solution providers. Established lndonesian-based information
technology company Scomptec was chosen for its specialized expertise in systems design and
deployment,
INTRODUCTION
WaveCame is an up-and-coming company riding high on the online gaming wave,
As a leading online game publisher and aspiring international payment gateway, WaveGame has
been wasting no effort upping the ante on its stable of web-based games since its establishment
in2007.
It's latest offering The Three Kingdoms Online,is no exception.
As part of the launch, WaveGame embarked on a move to make full use of the latest technology
offerings from lntel that will serve to maximize server uptime, increase customer satisfaction and
ultimately widen its profit margins.
ASSESSING THE SITUATION
Computer gaming has always been a performance-hungry beast, and this situation has only been
exacerbated by the arrival of a worldwide explosive phenomenon known as online gaming.
However, businesses attempting to ride this phenomenal trend often find themselves
overwhelmed by the sheer technical considerations posed by tens or even up to hundreds of
thousands of users playing a popular online game simultaneously.
Enter WaveGame. With a successful business model under its belt, the online game publisher has
been making huge inroads into the online gaming industry by pairing popular MM0RpGs with
strategic technology investments.

2. The lnte!'Xeon'processor 5600 series, lntel'Server Board S5500BCR
and 55500HCVR-based deployment by Scomptec allows WaveGame to
push ahead with the publication of its latest game on schedule and within
budget without compromising systemic performance and stability.
"By their very nature, MMORPGS are
complex computer programs that require
massive computing power to drive the
game logic and even more so to deliver
the stunning graphics," says Sanjaya
Wahono, WaveCame's director.'These
already formidable technical issues
become even more complex when You
factor in the sheer number of players that
may be online and playing the game at
any one time."
ln the face of these challenges, WaveCame's
strategy is straightf orward-consolidate and
deploy robust enterprise-grade hardware
such as the latest lntel'Xeon'processor
5600 series, lntel'Server Board 55500BCR
and S5500HCVR to drive game server
performance and energy eff iciency.
Reducing the total costs of
deployment
However, performance and energy efficiency
is only part of the equation for WaveGame,
According to Wahono, affordability is the
core issue that makes or breaks WaveGame's
technology investment decision.
And it is not just about upfront costs.
'trlith lhe Three Kingdoms Online, our
server needs have basically evolved
around three central issues. These
are initial capital expenditure versus
performance versus maintenance
expenditure. ln essence, this is what most
of our technology investment decisions
really boil down to, the total cost of
deployment." says Wahono.
Wahono further explains that as WaveCame
uses server collocation, maintenance
expenditure such as servet space and energy
consumption charges form a sizable portion
of its operating costs. Thus, it is of utmost
importance that Wave Game's technology
investment decision factor in energy
efficiency and eventual server scalability as
key considerations.
Despite Wavecame's intensive research,
it was not long before the online games
publisher decided on lntel Xeon processor
5600 series as well as lntel Server Board
S5500BCR and S5500HCVR as the basis for
its deployment,
The lntel Xeon processor 5600
series-based solution
With the successful launch of The Three
Kingdoms lnline,48 servers armed with the
latest lntel Xeon processor 5600 series, lntel
Server Board 55500BCR and S5500HCVR
serve as the basis for WaveGame's new
game server inf rastructure. administering
not only game software but also managing a
rapidly growing user database that features
functionalities such as user creation.
authentication, real cash billing and also
seamless connectivity with its virtual cash
system Wave Points,
The new infrastructure installed by
Scomptec merges high performance
capabilities with energy-efficient benefits
that come with the application of 32nm
logic technology and advanced power state
management,
lntel Server Board S5500BCR and
S5500HCVR not only supports up to two
lntel Xeon processors 5600 series, but also
automatically regulates power consumption
and intelligently adjusts server performance
according to application needs, maximizing
both energy efficiency and performance.
This significantly reduces the power
consumption of idle servers and effectively
helps WaveGame reduce its Power
requirements in its collocated data center,
resulting in a greater than 95 percent uptime
with lowered energy consumption costs.
ln addition, the pairing of lntel Xeon
processor 5600 series as well as lntel Server
Board 555008CR and S5500HCVR further
results in a simple and flexible hardware
configuration that is both easy and affordable
to deploy and subsequently upgrade.
ln fact, according to Wahono, the
deployment of lntel Xeon processor
5600 series as well as lntel Server Board
S5500BCR and 55500HCVR -based servers
was so seamless that full activation was
completed in only four weeks, a full two
weeks ahead of schedule.
And since then, staff working on Ihe Ihree
Kingdoms 0nline game have reported
increased productivity from reduced
downtime and player complaints.
Allsystems go
WaveCame could not be happier about its
successful launch of The Three Kingdoms
Online with estimated savings in terms of
purchasing costs, ongoing maintenance and
management costs to be in the region of
20-25 percent, no mean feat by any stretch.
This means that the cost savings from its
deployment could be diverted to budget
allocation for subsequent projects, where
it would generate further savings as
WaveGame continues to explore the
flexibility, scalability and performance to
cost capabilities of lntel Xeon processor and
lntel server board-based deployments.
Post-deployment, WaveGame is already on
the move searching for new games to publish
with lntel' technology-based deployment
support.
"As MMORPGs become more comPlex and
waveGame's current user count increases
towards our target of over 1 million users,
more powerful and intelligent hardware is
needed to drive our growth. I know we can
always count on lntel to keep developing
its state-of-the-art processor technology
that has helped businesses like ours
achieve their goals all over the world,"
says Wahono.
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