Hospice of the Piedmont ensures continuous healthcare services and saves $20K in upfront costs by moving to hyperconvergence with StarWind HCI Appliance (HCA)

CHALLENGE

Before implementing StarWind HCI Appliance (HCA), Hospice of the Piedmont faced a critical IT challenge with its aging Dell-based infrastructure. Running. Microsoft Hyper-V, the infrastructure lacked the redundancy and high availability (HA) required for seamless operations and risked impacting patient care due to potential downtime. To address these concerns, the organization needed a more resilient cluster solution but had neither the budget nor the immediate need for a full-fledged hardware SAN.

Alternative SAN solutions were explored but lacked the level of support and cost-effectiveness that Hospice of the Piedmont required.

The resulting infrastructure powered by StarWind works well and now we have near-instant failover. We also can do maintenance on hosts more easily with live migrations.

IT Director

SOLUTION

Hospice of the Piedmont chose StarWind HCI Appliance because it allowed moving to hyperconvergence. StarWind ProActive Premium Support provided hands-on support throughout the initial setup, ensuring a smooth migration of existing VMs to the new environment. This solution not only allowed the organization to avoid the steep upfront costs of hardware SAN, saving $20K, but it also delivered the redundancy they needed without complicating their infrastructure. 

With StarWind HCI Appliance, the hospice now benefits from near-instant failover, enhancing system uptime and reliability. Maintenance operations have become more manageable, with live migration capabilities enabling seamless host updates.