CASE STUDY
The increasing prevalence of ransomware targeting government agency data was another key reason SCC chose Cohesity . As part of the comprehensive data management platform , Cohesity features robust data defence capabilities such as immutable backups supporting ransomware protection , deterrence and recovery . Across both initiatives , Mason and Fox were pleased with the dedication and care demonstrated by the Cohesity team , from pre-sales through implementation and beyond . Mason explained that this was a key factor in the decision to purchase the Cohesity all-flash solution .
“ We work with a lot of external technical providers on quite large , quite complex solutions and this was one of the most positive experiences we have had ," said Mason . " Our pre-sales contact was very knowledgeable and made himself available for detailed discussions to provide technical expertise . The engineer assigned for implementation of the backup and restore solution was also excellent . Our technical team were really impressed .”
Results and assured Mason and Fox they could flex and scale the solution as needed in the future .
Mason and Fox decided to engage Cohesity for a second use case to implement a short-term file share with Cohesity SmartFiles as part of the data centre refresh project . SCC needed a solution in the transition to protect both Nutanix AHV and VMware hypervisors . The refresh also included an all-flash architecture to store data , which was the first such implementation in the EMEA region .
The all-flash architecture is faster than more conventional solutions and was therefore the ideal platform for SCC ’ s file service solution . This installation was deployed across two sites and designed to have the immediate effect of increasing general NAS file access speeds , supporting workload sharing and improving file access times .
SCC ’ s IT support service has achieved efficiency savings and speed gains , and established greater confidence in the quality of its backup and restore service . Individual VMs and files from months into the past can reliably be retrieved and restored thanks to the efficiency of DataProtect and SmartFiles . Moreover , there is room to expand and flex requirements as the organisation evolves . As a market leader , Mason is certain that the Cohesity multi-cloud data management solution will continue to exceed requirements . “ It is exciting that we have been able to be more innovative by working with Cohesity and now have greater confidence in terms of ease of maintenance of the platform .”
Furthermore , using flash provides a degree of futureproofing as it is advanced technology . Cohesity all-flash can be deployed into a new role as SCC continues its Digital Transformation , which includes moving data from on-premises to cloud .
The technology implementation took just four months . SCC has also seen significant RoI benefits amounting to £ 80,000 annually , with immediate cost savings as soon as the new platform was live .
The Cohesity benefits for SCC include :
In addition , the deployment was an interim measure on the road to moving on-premises storage to cloud , which serves the organisation now and future-proofs its investment with the introduction of the all-flash node into the cloud-based backup cluster later .
• Operational time savings of more than 87 %
• Data recovery time decreased by over 80 %
• Total annual cost savings of £ 80,000
• Ransomware protection
• Faster and complete data backups p
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