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Abba Technologies Simplifies Management and Modernizes Backup and Disaster Recovery with HPE SimpliVity
Technology Category
- Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Backup & Recovery
Applicable Functions
- Discrete Manufacturing
Use Cases
- Predictive Maintenance
Services
- Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services
The Challenge
Abba Technologies was operating its IT environment on a complex system that included 9 ESXi hosts, fiber channel switches, two enterprise class storage arrays, several different backup solutions, and 7.5TB of off-site deduplication backup. This created a complex management environment for Abba Technologies and its customers. The company's five-year-old legacy infrastructure was nearing its end-of-life utility and a hardware refresh was needed. The company was faced with the decision of whether to update its existing infrastructure, which would involve a costly upgrade but allow the company to avoid a complete renovation, or make the switch to a new technology that could address its goals of updating old equipment and simplifying the IT infrastructure.
About The Customer
Abba Technologies is an IT company that had been operating its IT environment on a complex system that included 9 ESXi hosts, fiber channel switches, two enterprise class storage arrays, several different backup solutions, and 7.5TB of off-site deduplication backup. This created a complex management environment not only for Abba Technologies, but also its customers. The company's five-year-old legacy infrastructure was nearing its end-of-life utility and a hardware refresh was needed. The company was faced with the decision of whether to update its existing infrastructure, which would involve a costly upgrade but allow the company to avoid a complete renovation, or make the switch to a new technology that could address its goals of updating old equipment and simplifying the IT infrastructure.
The Solution
Abba Technologies implemented three HPE SimpliVity nodes - two in the primary data center for production, managed services and backup purposes, and one offsite used for replication and disaster recovery (DR). Not only did this simplify management complexity, but also increased capacity, optimized performance and significantly reduced backup times. Installed on a Tuesday, the solutions were and up and running with all production functionality by the Friday. The HPE SimpliVity disaster recovery capabilities improved the efficiency of RPOs and RTOs— with replication, restore and backup now taking minutes compared to days. The HPE SimpliVity solution eliminated the need for multiple appliances for management, storage and backup. Replacing the old, taskladen, inefficient environment with an easy to use, single interface saved the team valuable time, and enabled them to concentrate on other areas.
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