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HPE Simplivity Hyperconverged Infrastructure Case Study - Francis Drilling Fluids

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Technology Category	Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Computing Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Storage Services
Applicable Industries	Transportation
Applicable Functions	Logistics & Transportation
Services	Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services
Challenge	Francis Drilling Fluids, a medium-sized enterprise in the transportation services industry, was facing challenges with their existing IT infrastructure. They had a mandate to implement disaster recovery (DR) and improve their backup and recovery systems. However, they found the management of multiple solutions and vendors to be manageable, but not ideal. This led them to seek a more streamlined and efficient solution. Read More
About Customer	Francis Drilling Fluids is a medium-sized enterprise operating in the transportation services industry. The company was facing challenges with their existing IT infrastructure, particularly in terms of disaster recovery and backup/recovery systems. They were managing multiple solutions and vendors, a situation that was manageable but not ideal. The company was in need of a more efficient and streamlined solution to improve their IT infrastructure. Read More
Solution	Francis Drilling Fluids decided to implement HPE SimpliVity Hyperconverged Infrastructure and OmniStack Cisco UCS. These solutions provided a more streamlined and efficient approach to managing their IT infrastructure. The HPE SimpliVity Hyperconverged Infrastructure brought all IT infrastructure and data services below the hypervisor into a single compact data center appliance. The OmniStack Cisco UCS was used for data center consolidation and private cloud. The company also ran several types of applications on the HPE SimpliVity Hyperconverged Infrastructure, including Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft SharePoint, and Microsoft Dynamics NAV. 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

Transportation

Applicable Functions

Logistics & Transportation

Services

Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services

Challenge

Francis Drilling Fluids, a medium-sized enterprise in the transportation services industry, was facing challenges with their existing IT infrastructure. They had a mandate to implement disaster recovery (DR) and improve their backup and recovery systems. However, they found the management of multiple solutions and vendors to be manageable, but not ideal. This led them to seek a more streamlined and efficient solution.

About Customer

Francis Drilling Fluids is a medium-sized enterprise operating in the transportation services industry. The company was facing challenges with their existing IT infrastructure, particularly in terms of disaster recovery and backup/recovery systems. They were managing multiple solutions and vendors, a situation that was manageable but not ideal. The company was in need of a more efficient and streamlined solution to improve their IT infrastructure.

Solution

Francis Drilling Fluids decided to implement HPE SimpliVity Hyperconverged Infrastructure and OmniStack Cisco UCS. These solutions provided a more streamlined and efficient approach to managing their IT infrastructure. The HPE SimpliVity Hyperconverged Infrastructure brought all IT infrastructure and data services below the hypervisor into a single compact data center appliance. The OmniStack Cisco UCS was used for data center consolidation and private cloud. The company also ran several types of applications on the HPE SimpliVity Hyperconverged Infrastructure, including Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft SharePoint, and Microsoft Dynamics NAV.

Impact #1	Improved performance by 50% to 75% with HPE SimpliVity Hyperconverged Infrastructure.
Impact #2	Realized a capacity savings of 200:1 to 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 50% to 75% with HPE SimpliVity Hyperconverged Infrastructure.

Impact #2

Realized a capacity savings of 200:1 to 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 50% to 75%
Benefit #2	Realized a capacity savings of 200:1 to 300:1
Benefit #3	Reduced time to deploy new workloads from 1 week -1 month to up to 1 day

Benefit #1

Improved performance by 50% to 75%

Benefit #2

Realized a capacity savings of 200:1 to 300:1

Benefit #3

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

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HPE Simplivity Hyperconverged Infrastructure Case Study - Francis Drilling Fluids

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