Amethyst Academies Trust reduces its IT operational expenses (OpEx) by creating a hyperconverged environment powered by StarWind HCA

PUBLISHED/UPDATED: October 6th, 2022

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Trust Network Manager

PROBLEM

Before implementing StarWind HCI Appliance (HCA), Amethyst Academies Trust had an aging 4-node Hyper-V HPE solution that could not keep up with the demand that the organization’s network was requiring. Due to the lack of resources, mainly down to age, such resources as storage, memory, and CPU performance were hindering everyday tasks such as security information management (SIMs) practices and deployment. So, the organization decided to replace completely its end-of-life hardware with a top-of-the-line hyperconverged platform.

SOLUTION

Amethyst Academies Trust has chosen StarWind HCA to move to hyperconvergence and obtain a high-performance IT infrastructure with no restrictions on flexibility and scalability. One of the organization’s schools currently has a StarWind solution in place, so Amethyst Academies Trust added them to the quoting process while doing its due diligence. The price, expertise and care shown by StarWind made the proposed solution affordable for the school. For now, everything runs like clockwork, and there are no problems with SIMs practices or deployment processes. If the organization’s trust and requirements for server infrastructure replacement grow, Amethyst Academies Trust will certainly be involving StarWind in that process.

About the Company

The Amethyst Academies Trust (AAT) is a British education institution based in Wolverhampton. AAT is a multi-academy sponsor, and the Family of Schools currently comprises two schools with roughly 2000 pupils aged 11-18 and 300 staff.

Company Profile

Education

Contact Person

Trust Network Manager