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HPE SimpliVity Hyperconverged Infrastructure Case Study - Coughlan Companies

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Technology Category	Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Computing Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Storage Services
Applicable Industries	Consumer Goods
Applicable Functions	Discrete Manufacturing
Services	Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services
Challenge	Coughlan Companies was in the process of a capacity purchase and upgrade of their existing infrastructure, which led to an overall platform review. Prior to deploying HPE SimpliVity Hyperconverged Infrastructure, they found the management of multiple solutions and vendors to be manageable, but not ideal. The company was looking for a solution that could simplify their IT infrastructure and improve performance. Read More
About Customer	Coughlan Companies is a medium-sized enterprise operating in the consumer products industry. The company was in the process of a capacity purchase and upgrade of their existing infrastructure, which led to an overall platform review. They were managing multiple solutions and vendors, which was manageable but not ideal. The company was looking for a solution that could simplify their IT infrastructure and improve performance. Read More
Solution	Coughlan Companies decided to implement HPE SimpliVity Hyperconverged Infrastructure and OmniCube. These solutions brought all IT infrastructure and data services below the hypervisor into a single compact data center appliance. The HPE SimpliVity 380, based on the world’s best-selling server, is a compact, scalable building block that delivers server, storage, backup and DR in a 2U appliance. The company uses HPE SimpliVity OmniCube for infrastructure modernization/technology refresh and for their Remote/Branch Office (ROBO). They run various types of applications on HPE SimpliVity Hyperconverged Infrastructure, including file servers, print servers, domain controllers, WSUS, WDS, and utility servers. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Computing

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Storage Services

Applicable Industries

Consumer Goods

Applicable Functions

Discrete Manufacturing

Services

Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services

Challenge

Coughlan Companies was in the process of a capacity purchase and upgrade of their existing infrastructure, which led to an overall platform review. Prior to deploying HPE SimpliVity Hyperconverged Infrastructure, they found the management of multiple solutions and vendors to be manageable, but not ideal. The company was looking for a solution that could simplify their IT infrastructure and improve performance.

About Customer

Coughlan Companies is a medium-sized enterprise operating in the consumer products industry. The company was in the process of a capacity purchase and upgrade of their existing infrastructure, which led to an overall platform review. They were managing multiple solutions and vendors, which was manageable but not ideal. The company was looking for a solution that could simplify their IT infrastructure and improve performance.

Solution

Coughlan Companies decided to implement HPE SimpliVity Hyperconverged Infrastructure and OmniCube. These solutions brought all IT infrastructure and data services below the hypervisor into a single compact data center appliance. The HPE SimpliVity 380, based on the world’s best-selling server, is a compact, scalable building block that delivers server, storage, backup and DR in a 2U appliance. The company uses HPE SimpliVity OmniCube for infrastructure modernization/technology refresh and for their Remote/Branch Office (ROBO). They run various types of applications on HPE SimpliVity Hyperconverged Infrastructure, including file servers, print servers, domain controllers, WSUS, WDS, and utility servers.

Impact #1	Improved performance by 25% to 50% with HPE SimpliVity Hyperconverged Infrastructure.
Impact #2	Realized a capacity savings of greater than 300:1 with HPE SimpliVity Hyperconverged Infrastructure.
Impact #3	Deployed new workloads, including allocating compute and storage resources, and configuring data protection policies, in up to 1 day after the deployment of HPE SimpliVity Hyperconverged Infrastructure.

Impact #1

Improved performance by 25% to 50% with HPE SimpliVity Hyperconverged Infrastructure.

Impact #2

Realized a capacity savings of greater than 300:1 with HPE SimpliVity Hyperconverged Infrastructure.

Impact #3

Deployed new workloads, including allocating compute and storage resources, and configuring data protection policies, in up to 1 day after the deployment of HPE SimpliVity Hyperconverged Infrastructure.

Benefit #1	Improved performance by 25% to 50%
Benefit #2	Realized a capacity savings of greater than 300:1
Benefit #3	Reduced time to deploy new workloads from 1 day - 1 week to up to 1 day

Benefit #1

Improved performance by 25% to 50%

Benefit #2

Realized a capacity savings of greater than 300:1

Benefit #3

Reduced time to deploy new workloads from 1 day - 1 week to up to 1 day

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HPE SimpliVity Hyperconverged Infrastructure Case Study - Coughlan Companies

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