Drossapharm AG ensures continuous access to critical production and quality data by creating a two-node hyperconverged setup with StarWind HCI Appliance (HCA)

CHALLENGE

Before deploying StarWind HCI Appliance (HCA), Drossapharm AG ran its IT environment on standalone bare-metal servers acting as single Hyper-V hosts without any SAN functionality. This setup had no real failover options and created a risk of downtime. As an SME, the company needed a reliable and stable Hyper-V failover cluster but had to stay within a strict budget. Traditional SAN-based solutions were too expensive and far too complex for their needs.

After evaluating several vendors and testing different concepts, they struggled to find a solution that combined high availability (HA), simplicity, and an affordable price-performance ratio.

With StarWind, we found a partner that enabled us to achieve high availability at a reasonable cost, offering an excellent price-performance ratio. We would like to emphasize that StarWind’s work is truly exceptional.

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SOLUTION

Drossapharm AG chose StarWind HCI Appliance, powered by StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN), because it allowed the company to build a Hyper-V failover cluster without the cost and complexity of a separate SAN. The new hyperconverged setup brought HA, improved protection, and stable performance. Thanks to StarWind ProActive Premium Support, any issues were detected early and resolved quickly.

The solution fully meets all current requirements, and Drossapharm AG already plans to upgrade to more powerful StarWind HCA systems in the future due to the strong guidance and support they received.