OmniCube™ Case Study
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Customer Company Size
SME
Region
- Europe
Country
- Sweden
Product
- OmniCube CN-2000
- Microsoft SQL Server
- Microsoft Windows servers
- Novell eDirectory and LDAP services
- Novell GroupWise collaboration software
Tech Stack
- Microsoft SQL Server
- Microsoft Windows servers
- Novell eDirectory and LDAP services
- Novell GroupWise collaboration software
Implementation Scale
- Enterprise-wide Deployment
Impact Metrics
- Cost Savings
- Productivity Improvements
- Digital Expertise
Technology Category
- Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Computing
- Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Storage Services
Applicable Industries
- Cities & Municipalities
Applicable Functions
- Business Operation
Services
- Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services
About The Customer
The customer in this case study is the municipality of Båstad, a seaside town in southern Sweden. The town is best known for hosting the annual Swedish Open tennis tournament. The municipality's Information Technology organization, which consists of a staff of eight, provides IT services for local government employees and operates the town's website. The municipality was looking to upgrade its outdated IT infrastructure and ensure continuous IT service availability in the event of catastrophes or equipment failures. The town decided to take advantage of a federal government disaster preparedness program to upgrade its IT systems.
The Challenge
The municipality of Båstad in Sweden was facing a challenge with its outdated IT infrastructure. The town's IT services were provided by a small team of eight, and the infrastructure was based on a mix of HP ProLiant servers and HP EVA and IBM Storwize v7000 SAN storage systems, all deployed in a single data center. This setup was vulnerable to disruptions in the event of power outages or major catastrophes such as floods or fires. The town decided to take advantage of a government disaster preparedness initiative to upgrade its aging IT systems and ensure business continuity and disaster recovery for its critical IT services.
The Solution
The municipality of Båstad issued an RFP for a next-generation data center with inherent business continuity and disaster recovery capabilities. After an extensive review process involving a number of vendors including Dell and NetApp, the municipality selected SimpliVity OmniCube hyperconverged infrastructure systems for its next-generation data center architecture. The OmniCube systems are deployed in separate locations in a high availability stretched cluster configuration to ensure continuous service in the event of equipment failures or disasters. The IT group centrally manages the distributed configuration using VMware vCenter. With the radically simplified infrastructure, the group no longer has to rely on outside consultants for ongoing support and maintenance assistance.
Operational Impact
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