Goodtech Deployed Nexenta SDS

Nexenta systems, Inc., in software-defined storage (SDS), announced that Goodtech, a Nordics-based technology and engineering company dedicated to renewing and developing important public functions, has implemented Nexenta’s SDS solution to underpin its IT systems.

With customers in various industries including manufacturing, energy and the public sector, Goodtech develops and delivers projects and services through the integration of sustainable solutions. Initially established in Sweden in 1913, the company now employs more than 1,500 people in over 40 locations in Norway, Sweden and Åland. Examples of customers in Sweden are AstraZeneca, LKAB AB, NCC AB, PEAB AB, Trafikverket, Vattenfall AB and Volvo AB.

With its incumbent storage solution reaching the end of its life, Goodtech worked with Layer 8 IT-Services, its technology partner, to find a new storage platform that could keep TCO low while delivering performance, stability and functionality. After initially testing NexntaStor in a controlled environment, Goodtech chose to deploy a Nexenta solution, running on Dell, Inc.‘s servers, with a NexentaStor HA Cluster to manage, control and protect its data.

Goodtech’s virtualised environment hosts hundreds of VMs and its data is stored across two data centers. It is vital that  itsIT infrastructure is supported by a reliable storage platform that can be scaled appropriately to keep up with capacity demand and ensure BC.

“We were initially attracted to Nexenta because of its ZFS based, open source set up that could be adapted to fit our exact needs, and stop us from being tied down to one vendor,” said Anders Hellquist, senior systems engineer, Goodtech. “After comparing it to a number of other offerings, we implemented Nexenta as we were amazed at the cost saving that could be achieved and it now provides us with a rock-solid foundation to build upon.”

“Goodtech started the journey towards SDS by installing a test-environment with NexentaStor to evaluate functionality, scalability and performance. During their tests they not only found it was enterprise storage, it also outperformed the current storage in performance and scalability. This made it very easy for Goodtech to take the next step and replace their primary storage platform with NexentaStor,” said Johan Tungström, CEO, Layer 8 IT-Services.

Mark Jordan, EMEA VP, Nexenta, said: “Goodtech is a prime example of a business that can benefit from SDS. When a legacy solution reaches the end of its life, an SDS alternative is the most flexible platform on offer in terms of cost and scalability and avoids enterprises suffering from vendor lock-in in the future. Goodtech has started its journey into the software-defined world, and are already reaping the rewards.“