“We couldn’t be happier,” he said. “The performance of the HyperFlex solution far exceeds what we expected to see. The system is definitely functioning better in a hyper-converged environment.”
He said the school has made particular savings on the cost of storage and service rollout. “Thanks to HyperFlex’s great de-dupe and compression, our stored data dropped by 28% after the migration,” said Phillips. “And our virtual server deployment, and testing of new products and services is now lighting fast, in comparison with previous solutions.”
“When we need to increase capacity,” he said, “we just add another node to the HyperFlex cluster and expand the resource pool. Everything just works. We don’t have to assemble the storage, networking and computing components individually, and tie them into our current setup. We just install a prebuilt box that was designed to do exactly what we intend, and it’s a much more streamlined and easy process.”
He said, “If we were working with the traditional server and SAN model, things would be a lot more complex, because any new equipment would need to be connected and configured, which takes days and costs heaps. With HyperFlex, we can provision new capability much faster, without any downtime or costly hardware upgrades.”
The system is also a lot more reliable. “It’s given us an unprecedented level of reliability,” said Phillips. “So our teachers can now drive digitally engaging content further in the classroom, and they can also interact with, and manage, our students more effectively. This is incredibly important because, when any technology is unreliable, teachers naturally resort to manual processes and lose confidence in the entire online system.”
Just as importantly, the school won all of these benefits without compromising on ease of use. “Our students and staff just have to log in, then they can access the internet and their stored files, just as they normally would,” said Phillips. “All the same tools, just faster, more reliable and more space!”
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