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HPE SimpliVity systems rescue Alberta Union from disaster recovery fear

Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)

Technology Category	Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Computing
Applicable Industries	Professional Service
Applicable Functions	Business Operation
Services	Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services
Challenge	The IT team at the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees (AUPE) was in search of a Storage Area Network (SAN) solution that would meet their needs for storage consolidation, efficient tier-1 backups, and disaster recovery. This need became especially clear when the AUPE’s main building was flooded during an icy Alberta winter, causing significant damage to their data center. The team spent over 18 months meeting with various vendors and suppliers and conducting audits of AUPE’s requirements. They eventually realized that a SAN purchase alone would not meet all of AUPE’s needs. In addition to storage consolidation, they needed a solution that could handle their backup, replication, and remote office management challenges. They were also facing servers and computers that needed to be refreshed and found it difficult to predict growth and expand storage. Read More
About Customer	The Alberta Union of Provincial Employees (AUPE) is a trade union based in Edmonton, Alberta. The union has 175 staff members spread across 10 locations and serves between 85,000 to 90,000 members. The members of AUPE include employees in the provincial government, corrections, healthcare, education, government boards, agencies, and social work. The union is responsible for negotiating and enforcing collective agreements. The IT team at AUPE is small, consisting of only six people, and they were facing challenges with their existing storage and backup solutions. Read More
Solution	The AUPE decided to implement the HPE SimpliVity system at their primary site in Edmonton and at a remote/Disaster Recovery site in Calgary, 300 km (180 miles) from the primary site. The HPE SimpliVity solution offered a reduced footprint, an efficient way to snapshot and store images, and a growth path. It also increased application performance, especially for the union’s financial system, leading to happier users and fewer help desk calls. The union was able to eliminate at least 40% of its hardware requirements in data center racks, and they expect to cut even more hardware as they continue to move Tier-1 applications to HPE SimpliVity. The solution also provided a 26:1 deduplication ratio with inline deduplication. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Computing

Applicable Industries

Professional Service

Applicable Functions

Business Operation

Services

Cloud Planning, Design & Implementation Services

Challenge

The IT team at the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees (AUPE) was in search of a Storage Area Network (SAN) solution that would meet their needs for storage consolidation, efficient tier-1 backups, and disaster recovery. This need became especially clear when the AUPE’s main building was flooded during an icy Alberta winter, causing significant damage to their data center. The team spent over 18 months meeting with various vendors and suppliers and conducting audits of AUPE’s requirements. They eventually realized that a SAN purchase alone would not meet all of AUPE’s needs. In addition to storage consolidation, they needed a solution that could handle their backup, replication, and remote office management challenges. They were also facing servers and computers that needed to be refreshed and found it difficult to predict growth and expand storage.

About Customer

The Alberta Union of Provincial Employees (AUPE) is a trade union based in Edmonton, Alberta. The union has 175 staff members spread across 10 locations and serves between 85,000 to 90,000 members. The members of AUPE include employees in the provincial government, corrections, healthcare, education, government boards, agencies, and social work. The union is responsible for negotiating and enforcing collective agreements. The IT team at AUPE is small, consisting of only six people, and they were facing challenges with their existing storage and backup solutions.

Solution

The AUPE decided to implement the HPE SimpliVity system at their primary site in Edmonton and at a remote/Disaster Recovery site in Calgary, 300 km (180 miles) from the primary site. The HPE SimpliVity solution offered a reduced footprint, an efficient way to snapshot and store images, and a growth path. It also increased application performance, especially for the union’s financial system, leading to happier users and fewer help desk calls. The union was able to eliminate at least 40% of its hardware requirements in data center racks, and they expect to cut even more hardware as they continue to move Tier-1 applications to HPE SimpliVity. The solution also provided a 26:1 deduplication ratio with inline deduplication.

Impact #1	Backup time drastically reduced, from 24 hours to just 15 minutes
Impact #2	Added disaster recovery capabilities that are simple to manage from vCenter
Impact #3	Added off-site replication

Impact #1

Backup time drastically reduced, from 24 hours to just 15 minutes

Impact #2

Added disaster recovery capabilities that are simple to manage from vCenter

Impact #3

Added off-site replication

Benefit #1	Backup time reduced from 24 hours to 15 minutes
Benefit #2	Restore time reduced from 24 hours to just 15 minutes
Benefit #3	40% hardware savings

Benefit #1

Backup time reduced from 24 hours to 15 minutes

Benefit #2

Restore time reduced from 24 hours to just 15 minutes

Benefit #3

40% hardware savings

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HPE SimpliVity systems rescue Alberta Union from disaster recovery fear

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