StarWind’s VSAN product is extremely easy to use. POC was a breeze to setup, and the engineering assistance for production configuration gave me peace of mind that our new solution was deployed following the developers best practices.
Ryan Kulp, Technical Services Manager
CHALLENGE
Before StarWind Virtual SAN deployment, the company was running a non-clustered two-node Hyper-V environment with Hyper-V Replica for disaster recovery purposes. AGT wanted to cluster its IT ecosystem and ensure its high availability. Also, the company was looking for Live Migration. Initially, AGT considered a physical SAN to be a cool solution. However, after a careful look at SANs, the company decided to employ something more cost-efficient.
SOLUTION
In order to make their plans about IT environment true, Ainsworth Game Technology required shared storage. StarWind Virtual SAN, in its turn, is a solution purpose-built to deliver one. Just by mirroring the already existing compute and storage resources between servers, StarWind Virtual SAN provided HA without need for purchasing any additional hardware. Furthermore, the solution was deployed on the already existing company’s hardware due to being completely hardware-agnostic. The resulting IT ecosystem enabled the company to configure a full-fledged cluster and build shared storage without breaking the bank.
About the Company
Ainsworth is part of the gaming industry focusing on the design development and manufacturing of gaming machines, software, and related equipment supplies. The company is a premier manufacturer of global gaming products with over 200 years of experience.
Industry
Slot Machine Manufacturing
Contact Person
Ryan Kulp, Technical Services Manager