Nutanix Enhances VDI Performance for Hastings & Prince Edward Counties Health Unit
Customer Company Size
Mid-size Company
Region
- America
Country
- Canada
Product
- Nutanix NX-1000 Series
- Nutanix NX-1350
- Nutanix NX-1450
- VMware Horizon with View
Tech Stack
- Nutanix Virtual Computing Platform
- Nutanix Distributed File System
- Nutanix Prism
Implementation Scale
- Enterprise-wide Deployment
Impact Metrics
- Productivity Improvements
- Cost Savings
- Customer Satisfaction
Technology Category
- Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Computing
- Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Database Management & Storage
- Functional Applications - Remote Monitoring & Control Systems
Applicable Industries
- Healthcare & Hospitals
Applicable Functions
- Business Operation
- Facility Management
Use Cases
- Remote Asset Management
- Remote Control
- Virtual Training
Services
- System Integration
- Software Design & Engineering Services
About The Customer
Hastings & Prince Edward Counties Health Unit is a public health agency located in Eastern Ontario, Canada, serving a population of approximately 150,000 people. The agency provides a wide range of programs and services, including water and restaurant inspections, immunization clinics, and health education. As an early adopter of desktop and application virtualization, the Health Unit relies on various server and healthcare applications, such as Athena Penelope EMR, SQL Server databases, and geographic information systems. The organization is committed to delivering reliable health information and services to its community, and its IT infrastructure plays a crucial role in supporting these efforts.
The Challenge
The Hastings & Prince Edward Counties Health Unit faced significant challenges with their existing server and storage systems, which were inadequate for their virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) needs. The daily boot storms and antivirus scans created a massive surge in I/O demand, slowing down both desktop and server applications. The IT team wanted to expand the number of virtual desktops but was hindered by performance limitations. Additionally, the existing blade servers and SAN had just come out of warranty, and the team was preparing for a move to a new datacenter. The Health Unit needed a new solution that offered greater performance, capacity, and easier management, with enterprise-class fault tolerance and uptime.
The Solution
The Health Unit implemented the Nutanix Virtual Computing Platform, specifically the Nutanix NX-1000 Series, to address their VDI challenges. The platform is designed for virtualization and is hypervisor-agnostic, with intelligent data tiering to optimize performance and capacity. The system can expand linearly by adding new nodes, making it easy to scale as needed. The Nutanix solution provided a fully fault-tolerant environment with simplified management through Nutanix Prism. The Health Unit also partnered with Zycom Technology, an IT solutions provider, to ensure a smooth implementation and ongoing support. The Nutanix platform allowed the Health Unit to support more virtual desktops with improved performance, reduced datacenter footprint, and lower power and cooling requirements.
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