Graham Corporation ensures uninterrupted production workflows by deploying a high-availability storage cluster with StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN)

CHALLENGE

Before deploying StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN), Graham Corporation relied on a Nimble SAN and VMware for its virtual infrastructure. While the setup worked, it came with major drawbacks. The physical SAN was still a single point of failure, which put business continuity at risk. The system was also expensive to maintain and consumed a lot of rack space in the data center. Expanding or upgrading the environment would have meant more hardware, higher costs, and added complexity. Other solutions were either too costly or required changing the existing setup, which the company wanted to avoid. Graham Corporation needed a way to improve redundancy, cut costs, and free up rack space without a disruptive overhaul of its IT environment.

With StarWind VSAN, we saved money and reduced our rack space usage by 1/3rd. The new infrastructure meets all of our performance and fault tolerance needs.

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SOLUTION

Graham Corporation chose StarWind VSAN because it offered both flexibility and cost savings. The company did not need to replace its existing infrastructure or make major changes to deploy the solution. StarWind eliminated the single point of failure and improved fault tolerance across the VMware environment. By moving away from the physical SAN, Graham Corporation reduced rack space usage by onethird and saved about $10,000 per year. The new setup delivers the required performance and high availability while staying within budget. With the success of the current deployment, the company is also considering using StarWind in a future VDI project.