Westone Manor Hotel ensures 24/7 uptime for its critical applications by building a highly available IT infrastructure around StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN)

CHALLENGE

Before deploying StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN), Westone Manor Hotel operated with a single Hyper-V server and regular backups. However, this setup lacked the high availability (HA) required to keep critical applications running 24/7, such as point-of-sale (POS) servers, remote desktop applications, and card payment systems. In the event of a server failure or power outage, applications would shut down, causing revenue loss and requiring days to restore.

The hotel needed a cost-effective solution to ensure uninterrupted operations. After evaluating options, including a trial product key, it decided on StarWind VSAN as the best fit for its needs.

With StarWind VSAN, we have saved thousands of pounds in not only avoiding purchasing expensive SANs but also now that we can achieve high availability at a feasible cost.

Ritesh Sookun,
Company Representative

SOLUTION

Westone Manor Hotel chose StarWind VSAN because it offered the most affordable and efficient solution for achieving HA without additional hardware costs. StarWind VSAN enabled the creation of a two-node failover cluster, ensuring that if one server experienced a failure, the second server would automatically take over. This setup provided the hotel with 24/7 uptime, eliminating downtime and operational disruptions.

By meeting all the organization’s requirements, StarWind VSAN has become a cornerstone of the hotel’s IT infrastructure, opening new opportunities for business growth.