COUNTRY FOCUS : CANADA multiple racks into a single rack . That is also a benefit from a power and a management perspective . We took everything from all of these other SANs and migrated them on to a single platform . Instead of managing multiple , separate other SANs and managing firmware upgrades , we got everything upgraded to InfiniBox , which makes the administration much simpler .”
VDC has also benefited from the flexibility , the predictability and the ease of use as well as the exceptional , advanced service and support .
With Infinidat , we ended up exceeding our goals with a technology that surpasses all-flash at price points that help make us a strong , compelling hosting provider .
“ We love how Infinidat lets you pay for the storage and grow as you need ,” he said .
Moreover , the cost savings that VDC garnered , as a result of selecting Infinidat , were substantial .
“ For us , we really like the idea of being able to buy the entire box and leverage storage as required , while knowing exactly what our budget was . Storage like this you don ’ t buy for three years . You buy it for a long period of time .”
On service and support , he added : “ We went with a five-year support and warranty package , which is great because we get monthly scheduled calls with Infinidat . It is really a white glove service . It ’ s great to be able to put everything on one simple-to-use interface .”
Thompson said : “ We had all of this available storage and IO capacity , which was really what we needed , plus easier management . If you take the cost of colocation on a per-rack basis and all of that power , it ’ s a significant saving on an annual basis . With Infinidat , we ended up exceeding our goals with a technology that surpasses all-flash at price points that help make us a strong , compelling hosting provider .”
One other unexpected benefit was that Infinidat led VDC to see and embrace the value to evolve into a mixed environment of Hyper-V and VMware , especially after VDC acquired Blacksun Web Hosting , an exclusively VMware shop .
The return on investment was rooted in having a storage platform that works extremely well with both environments . It sets VDC apart from its competitors and , with Disaster Recovery ( DR ) and speed , customers looking for storage are choosing VDC as a preferred vendor for their cloud hosting solutions . VDC also leverages Veeam technology and values the Veeam integration that exists on InfiniBox .
Thompson added : “ Knowing we could have this ability with Infinidat provided unparalleled DR capabilities , which is something that definitely made it one of our choices , especially when considering what we want to do for additional storage moving forward . The capabilities that Infinidat has with Veeam and VMware are phenomenal .” p
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