We chose StarWind because it seemed like a solution that not
only solved our problems but also allowed us to operate within
our budget.
Network Administrator and Helpdesk Manager
PROBLEM
Before StarWind Virtual SAN (vSAN) deployment, Lipsey Logistics, LLC had an IT infrastructure consisting of separate physical servers, some of which were 7+ years old, with Hyper-V on top. The company struggled to find a solution ensuring a high availability (HA) and redundancy in case of a failure since existing systems while even backed up did not provide the desired fault tolerance (FT). That meant the company’s phone system, domain controllers, and many other devices would have at least a few hours outage while the staff got the backups staged, running, and so on. Without a significant spend on a new infrastructure Lipsey Logistics, LLC did not see a way to have HA it wanted and still operate within the financial means it had. But StarWind refuted this pitfall by providing a virtual shared storage solution to all problems within the company’s IT budget.
SOLUTION
Lipsey Logistics, LLC was able to find two reasonably priced servers and implement StarWind vSAN to solve its redundancy problem. Using StarWind, the company migrated several of its physical servers to virtual machines (VMs) and moved them over, thus ensuring the needed HA. In this way, Lipsey Logistics, LLC also resolved its downtime problem in the event of a failure. StarWind vSAN not only solved all the company’s pains but stopped it from having to purchase an expensive hyperconverged solution, thus saving a lot of money.
About the Company
Lipsey Logistics, LLC is an American logistics company that specializes in the transportation of goods.
Company Profile
Transportation
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Network Administrator and Helpdesk Manager