Deployment of Nexenta SDS by Transportation Company Budd Van Lines
" If we had gone with NetApp or EMC we would be paying at least five times as much."
This is a Press Release edited by StorageNewsletter.com on February 18, 2015 at 2:52 pmNexenta Systems, Inc. announced the deployment and case study for Budd Van Lines, Inc.
Headquartered in Somerset, New Jersey, Budd Van Lines is a nationwide independent household goods carrier specializing in relocating corporate executives. Each and every relocation provides a personalized, superior moving experience.
Budd Van Lines experienced a surge in storage demand as a result of the company’s switch to 1080p security cameras. While company growth is a net positive, the ongoing accumulation of both corporate data and video surveillance was overwhelming the company’s storage infrastructure. More information was being captured and retained for longer periods of time. The cameras helped to improve freight security and employee safety, but the existing SAN was incapable of functioning at this level without an upgrade and the NAS was similarly overburdened.
Nexenta’s storage solution for unified block and file, NexentaStor, is running tier 1 storage for Budd, including powering more than 100 VMs. It also is assuring that the 6TB of production data is replicated every fifteen minutes.
“I’ve always wanted this level of replication but couldn’t justify the cost,” according to Doug Soltesz, CIO, Budd Van Lines. “Where some Software-Defined Storage solutions don’t even offer replication, Nexenta not only offers it, but we have an RPO of 15 minutes in place, which is pretty amazing considering it is running on commodity hardware. We have three years of snapshots ready to go at any time.“
Soltesz added: “The amount of money I’ve saved in support alone has paid for the Nexenta system. If we had gone with NetApp or EMC we would be paying at least five times as much. And not only was the price of the Nexenta implementation less than other SDS companies, the performance is flat-out better.“
Because Nexenta’s solution abstracts the storage software layer from the underlying hardware, customers can use any commodity hardware. This reduces storage infrastructure costs and also frees the customer from vendor lock-in.
“We are delighted to be in a position to help Budd Van Lines with their software-defined storage solution,” according to Tarkan Maner, chairman and CEO, Nexenta. “We are honored that our combination of HA, ZFS, certification and support helped make a difference at Budd Van Lines.“
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