CASE STUDY
Solution
Having received an overwhelming number of positive reviews for Nutanix from his regional peers , the decision was clear to D ’ Souza .
“ Initially , our intention was to only deploy Nutanix in our main data centre , but after experiencing the incredible ease of deployment and use during the POC , we immediately expanded the scope to include our DR site as well .” we can run even this tremendously resource-hungry workload with no performance issues at all .”
“ The cost benefits were also impressive , with our estimates showing the TCO with Nutanix to be 60 % less than the offering from our previous partner ,” said D ’ Souza .
While it had taken their incumbent vendor six months to deploy the HCI solution in the main data centre alone , MNH needed just a month to deploy Nutanix at both sites and migrate all applications to the new environment . All the group ’ s core services , as well as its vertical-specific business applications run on Nutanix .
Customer outcome
Simplicity stands out
“ Previously , we had to manage solutions from multiple vendors which meant dealing with complex licensing , engaging with multiple teams for support and inevitably navigating finger-pointing when things went wrong ,” D ’ Souza said . “ With Nutanix , we have a single vendor we trust and this gives us the confidence to scale without constraints , added costs or risk .”
D ’ Souza estimates that Nutanix ’ s solution will meet his organisation ’ s requirements for the next four years at the very least . “ And this is all while enabling us to use the excess capacity at our DR site as a test environment . Because we can spin up VMs with little to no effort , Nutanix serves as a test bed for us to rapidly test new applications that we can then confidently roll out to our employees and customers .”
Reliability instils confidence
With Nutanix deployed in its Disaster Recovery site , MNH now enjoys a near-zero RPO and a significant enhancement to RTO .
“ Previously , a complete restore would take up to 24 hours from our Disaster Recovery site to our main data centre . In comparison , Nutanix achieves the same in under five minutes ”, said D ’ Souza . “ Given the scale of our operations , and the volume of customer enquiries and sales we service every minute , having the capability to recover from any down time within a few minutes justifies our investment .”
This simplicity has also translated to an ability for D ’ Souza to refocus his team ’ s time and efforts on innovation .
“ We have a dedicated infrastructure manager and whereas before , he would spend all his time in managing our environment , this aspect of his workload has been dramatically reduced since we migrated to Nutanix . I ’ ve therefore been able to assign him to other projects that drive business outcomes .”
Performance exceeds expectations
Offering an example of how Nutanix has untethered his IT team from the constraints imposed by the performance limitations of their previous HCI solution , D ’ Souza added : “ Due to latency issues , we were unable to upgrade our mission-critical core ERP system to the latest version and take advantage of the new features that could streamline our operations and enhance customer experiences . But with Nutanix ,
OUR INTENTION WAS TO ONLY DEPLOY NUTANIX IN OUR MAIN DATA CENTRE , BUT AFTER EXPERIENCING THE INCREDIBLE EASE OF
DEPLOYMENT AND USE
DURING THE POC , WE IMMEDIATELY EXPANDED THE SCOPE TO INCLUDE
OUR DR SITE AS WELL .
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