Central Washington Hospital Overcomes Storage Bottlenecks With Tintri

Tintri,
Inc., a producer of purpose-built, VM-aware storage platforms, announced
that Central Washington Hospital has deployed
Tintri to support over 150 server VMs running applications.

Tintri’s VM-aware architecture and management console streamlined
performance troubleshooting and enabled Central Washington Hospital to overcome
performance issues that had previously plagued its virtualized applications.

Previously, Central Washington Hospital
relied on an iSCSI block storage system to support its virtual environment. As
they increased the number of VMs in their deployment, though, they quickly ran
into a number of performance problems that hindered – including their nurse
call system. Central Washington Hospital resolved to find a modern solution
capable of ensuring reliable, fast performance for their virtual environment.

Tintri was chosen primarily for its ability to deliver the performance needed,
as well as its VM-level visibility for performance troubleshooting and its
fast, non-disruptive upgrades that eliminate downtime. Additionally, Central
Washington Hospital was able to support a VDI pilot project on the same storage
system, with ample space left over.

"Our
existing storage solution was getting old and we wanted to replace it with a
high performance, flash-based storage system," said David Scirratt, IT
infrastructure manager at Central Washington Hospital. "We wanted to find a solution that could
support both VDI and server workloads without degrading performance and
affecting the end user experience, since we’re a 24×7 operation. Tintri has
lived up to our expectations and then some; we’re extremely happy with them so
far and look forward to expanding our VDI project with them in the future."

"Central
Washington Hospital is one of a growing number of healthcare organizations that
have recently selected Tintri," said Geoff Stedman, Tintri VP of marketing. "We’re finding that our VM-aware approach –
which makes for easier troubleshooting and minimal downtime – is particularly
well-received by organizations that need to ensure reliable performance for
critical applications."