Diaflor Technologies reduces infrastructure administration costs by creating a failover cluster with StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN)


CHALLENGE
Before deploying StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN), Diaflor Technologies operated an IT infrastructure consisting of two bare-metal servers, a couple of Cisco switches, and an NGFW router. This setup presented limitations, particularly in flexibility and scalability. Bare-metal servers, while powerful, restricted the company due to the need for physical network resources and a limited number of sizes and types. The infrastructure was also costly to manage, and the company was exploring options for virtualization to create a failover cluster. However, the high cost of dedicated storage made this solution financially unfeasible.
Diaflor Technologies needed a more flexible and cost-effective shared storage solution to achieve high availability (HA) and virtualization.
StarWind seems to be the most professional software out there and it comes with a lot of documentation and community support.
Alexandru Luca, IT Manager
SOLUTION
Diaflor Technologies chose StarWind VSAN because it could be easily deployed on its existing hardware and required no expensive dedicated storage. With StarWind VSAN, the company gained a shared storage solution that enabled virtualization without breaking the budget.
This new setup allowed them to create a failover cluster, ensuring the HA of their critical applications. The virtualization achieved with StarWind drastically reduced infrastructure administration costs while enhancing flexibility and scalability.