UK Digital Hosting Company Wirehive Opts for Nexenta

Nexenta Systems, Inc. has been chosen by Wirehive Ltd, a UK-based digital hosting company, to meet its demand for a storage solution to support its public cloud offering.

Wirehive required a solution that could perform at high level, while remaining cost effective and covering peak demands for critical customer requirements.

Wirehive is an expert and agile multi-platform digital hosting company that works exclusively with digital agencies and their clients. It has become a critical part of its clients’ brands. It serves as a managed hosting expert, building and managing customised hosting solutions with a superior level of support. The company provides public, private and hybrid cloud services to its clients through virtual dedicated servers running VMware.

Wirehive needed a solution that could support its public cloud offering. It needed to provide scalability and flexibility to deliver growth in services and handle sudden bursts of activity aligned with marketing campaigns. It’s existing solution was proving inadequate to the demands placed on it and incapable of keeping up with growth plans.

Simon Green, technical director, Wirehive, came in contact with Nexenta through a reseller. He was convinced that NexentaStor was the right solution for the job after evaluating its underlying saleable architecture.

“We were pretty much sold on the technology even before we saw the pricing. Pricing was an added bonus,” Green comments. “With the Nexenta solution you get all the features straight out of the box without having to pay more to unlock additional features.“

Wirehive opted for the NexentaStor HA Cluster based on Supermicro servers with 70TB of capacity utilising multiple redundancy levels of RAID protection and additional read cache provided by HGST, Inc. (formerly sTec) SAS SSD combined with write cache vis the HGST ZeusRAM SAS SSD. By choosing the HA option, Wirehive can enjoy resilience and redundancy capabilities while managing and controlling the shared storage.

“We have no intention of using anything else apart from NexentaStor. As far as we’re concerned it’s the best solution out there,” commented Green.

“Wirehive looked for resilience and flexibility for its public cloud offering and NexentaStor was the perfect fit for the job. Nexenta’s close integration with VMware was another key factor for Wirehive as NexentaStor provided the hosting company with a platform for critical virtual applications without affecting performance or reliability,” explained Mark Jordan, VP and GM, EMEA, Nexenta. “NexentaStor also allows Wirehive to support tailored campaigns for customers and eradicated any concerns over its ability to handle short, sharp bursts.“

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