William Jessup University Achieves 94% Rack Space Reduction and Easy Scalability by Selecting Nutanix Converged Solution
Customer Company Size
Mid-size Company
Region
- America
Country
- United States
Product
- Nutanix Virtual Computing Platform
- Veeam’s Replication & Backup
Tech Stack
- VMware
- SQL Server
- Windows web servers
- Linux library catalog
Implementation Scale
- Enterprise-wide Deployment
Impact Metrics
- Cost Savings
- Energy Saving
- Productivity Improvements
Technology Category
- Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Computing
- Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Storage Services
Applicable Industries
- Education
Applicable Functions
- Business Operation
Use Cases
- Remote Asset Management
- Virtual Training
Services
- System Integration
About The Customer
William Jessup University is a private Christian liberal arts college located in Rocklin, California. The university is experiencing rapid growth, with nearly 1,300 students and faculty. It offers 19 graduate and undergraduate degrees, including business, psychology, teaching, ministry, creative arts, and biology. Originally established in 1939 as a Bible college in San Jose, California, the institution later added liberal arts degrees and moved to its current location in Rocklin in 2004. The university is part of the Sacramento metropolitan area and is committed to providing a comprehensive education that integrates faith and learning. With a focus on academic excellence and spiritual development, William Jessup University aims to prepare students for leadership and service in their chosen fields.
The Challenge
The servers and storage infrastructure at William Jessup University were strained due to years of limited IT budgets. The college had 34 servers, 20 of which were virtualized with VMware, and the rest were standalone physical servers. The hardware was aging, with some already out of warranty. Memory capacity on the VMware hosts was over-provisioned by 2x, resulting in near-constant ballooning issues. The processors in the hosts were mixed Intel and AMD, which could not support failover using VMware HA. The primary storage system was a 10-year-old HP SAN with a single controller and only 2.5 TB of capacity. The dramatic growth in student enrollment in recent years meant more resources were needed for IT to meet the surge in demand for more performance, capacity, and a disaster recovery initiative. The IT department wanted to upgrade storage and had narrowed down their choice between Nimble and Tegile hybrid flash storage systems. However, they learned about the Nutanix converged compute and storage architecture, which intrigued them and caused them to reconsider their options.
The Solution
The IT team at William Jessup University decided to implement the Nutanix Virtual Computing Platform (NX-3050 model) to address their infrastructure challenges. Nutanix's solution offered a converged compute and storage architecture that could solve multiple issues at a price close to the storage-only proposals they were considering. The Nutanix platform includes flash-based hybrid storage, which meant they would not lose out on storage capabilities. Additionally, the integrated compute nodes provided cost savings over separate server purchases. The per-node scalability of the system made it easy to use and expand. The installation of the Nutanix appliance was seamless, taking just 6 hours to get the system up and running. With careful planning and preparation, the team was able to migrate workloads from 30 servers to the Nutanix appliance with only one hour of planned downtime. The user community, which operates 24/7 on a college campus, did not experience any disruption. The old servers were removed, except for three that now function as VMs to host disaster recovery targets using Veeam’s Replication & Backup software. This setup, along with automatic node failover in the Nutanix cluster, provides high availability, disaster recovery, and continuity of service for staff and students.
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