Matrix IT B.V. cuts operational costs and improves service delivery margins by consolidating its virtualization infrastructure around StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN)

CHALLENGE

Before deploying StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN), Matrix IT B.V. operated a Microsoft Hyper-V failover cluster with seven nodes and all-flash storage on a predominantly 10 GbE network with a 100 GbE core. While performant, the setup was operationally inefficient. Managing seven nodes increased administrative overhead and led to high power consumption, resulting in electricity costs rising from €400 to €1,600 per month. In addition, Microsoft Storage Spaces Direct (S2D) imposed SPLA licensing constraints that limited the company’s ability to reduce cluster size without affecting cost efficiency.

Matrix IT B.V. needed a shared storage solution that could maintain high availability (HA) while enabling infrastructure consolidation and cost reduction.

Our IT infrastructure, powered by StarWind VSAN, fits our needs.

Andre Pater, CEO

SOLUTION

Matrix IT B.V. selected StarWind VSAN based on client recommendations to simplify its infrastructure and reduce operational costs. By implementing StarWind’s synchronous replication, the company consolidated its environment from seven nodes to a two-node Hyper-V cluster while maintaining HA. This approach eliminated reliance on SPLA-based storage licensing and reduced both hardware footprint and administrative complexity.

As a result, Matrix IT B.V. improved efficiency and achieved immediate savings of approximately €1,000 per month on electricity. The company now benefits from a scalable and resilient storage platform and plans to standardize StarWind VSAN for future deployments.