John Wood Community College ensures uninterrupted academic operations by consolidating its IT infrastructure around StarWind HCI Appliance (HCA)

CHALLENGE

Before implementing StarWind HCI Appliance (HCA), John Wood Community College relied on Dell servers for hosts, with Dell EqualLogic SAN and NetApp SAN providing shared storage. However, maintaining and configuring SANs became a significant challenge, requiring substantial effort and financial resources. The complexity of the existing setup made management cumbersome, and the cost of keeping the aging hardware operational was becoming unsustainable.

The college needed a more streamlined, cost-effective approach that would simplify management while ensuring reliability and performance.

We are very happy with StarWind. Easy to use and support is great. The savings allowed us to purchase all-flash storage which significantly increased our performance.

John Entrup, Server Administrator

SOLUTION

John Wood Community College chose StarWind HCI Appliance because it provided an all-in-one hyperconverged platform. It seamlessly replaced the existing hosts and storage, eliminating the need for complex SAN configurations. With a fully redundant Hyper-V cluster, StarWind significantly simplified IT management while delivering enhanced reliability. The cost savings achieved through this consolidation enabled the college to invest in an all-flash storage setup, dramatically boosting performance.

Looking ahead, the college plans to expand its storage capacity as needed, confident in StarWind’s ability to scale with its growing requirements.