Illinois Community Credit Union ensures uninterrupted financial services for its customers by enhancing storage redundancy with StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN)

CHALLENGE

Before StarWind Virtual SAN (VSAN) deployment, Illinois Community Credit Union relied on a traditional physical SAN and VMware ESXi on top. Its SAN lacked connectivity redundancies, such as dual controllers, that posed a risk to business continuity. While the SAN was not yet at the end of its lifecycle, purchasing an additional card to enhance redundancy was impossible due to manufacturer constraints.

Finding a cost-effective alternative with built-in redundancy was critical to maintaining uninterrupted operations.

StarWind provided a much lower-cost VSAN solution with the required redundancies that I was previously lacking. Currently, it meets my expectations and needs, and I have no cause to change this solution.

Dan Hoffmann, IT Director

SOLUTION

Illinois Community Credit Union chose StarWind VSAN because it provided the organization with a software-defined storage solution that delivered the required connectivity redundancies at a fraction of the cost of a new physical SAN. StarWind’s pre-sales and engineering teams guided the transition, identifying additional host hardware inefficiencies along the way.

By deploying StarWind VSAN, the organization achieved high availability for its VMware environment and saved approximately $10,000 in hardware expenses, ensuring a more resilient and future-proof infrastructure.