Case study · Manufacturing
Server & SAN migration and implementation
A plastics manufacturer with call centers and 100+ employees outgrew its file-level NAS. A $25,000 move to a clustered SAN returned $145,000.
Industry
Plastics manufacturing
Investment
$25,000
Return
$145,000 ROI
The client’s IT infrastructure
The client relied on a file-level NAS that gave departments such as finance, HR and marketing access to shared files. As operations grew, the IT team realized they needed a higher-end, block-level SAN.
A SAN offers better reliability, availability, support, features and speed. It also enables a cluster of VMware servers, so if one server fails the business is back up in minutes — or never notices at all. SAN equipment is enterprise grade, with much lower failure rates and much higher speeds.
The migration
A successful SAN migration takes strategy, in-depth planning, preparation and accurate execution. We split the work into two stages: preparation — deciding what level of migration is needed, devising a strategy and testing performance — and execution.
Depending on the size of the business, migration can take weeks or months: fabric migration, moving servers and choosing the right windows to minimize or prevent downtime. The plan also differs if you’re moving to a new location or revamping storage in place.
Even with extensive planning, changes happen — new client decisions or deadline pressure. We apply change control throughout, staying in constant communication so the migration finishes on time without wasted cost.
The benefits
A SAN lets multiple servers share the same storage, with higher speed and availability that save time and money. Its focus on redundancy protects data integrity and avoids downtime: if a server fails, data is still available from backup drives.
Result
The client’s network, servers and storage were a bottleneck slowing operations. Our $25,000 server and SAN migration delivered an ROI of $145,000 — faster response times, higher productivity, more reliability and no downtime.
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