The challenge
Made Hse wanted a brand-new IT architecture on one unified data platform, with storage, disaster recovery and virtualisation secure and GDPR-compliant, and faster I/O for the VMware VMs and CRM systems at the core of its business.
Customer story · Health, safety and environment consulting · Italy
Leveraging a unified data solution across its lifecycle.
How Made Hse achieved performance gains of more than 50% and simpler GDPR compliance with a unified data lifecycle powered by AiRE.
- AiRE IntelligentFiler 3122G2
- VMware virtual machines
- CRM systems
- Concurrent multiprotocol access
- MBIT (IT partner)
Customer Made Hse
Health, safety and environment consulting
Italy
madehse.com (opens the customer’s website in a new tab)> 50%
Performance gain across virtual machines and CRM systems
STORViX customer story — Made Hse
3–4×
Compression on database storage, with no deduplication needed
STORViX customer story — Made Hse
> 3×
Reduction in data footprint
STORViX customer story — Made Hse
The solution
An AiRE IntelligentFiler 3122G2 selected and implemented by MBIT as the centrepiece of a unified data lifecycle, optimising each data set for its workload with concurrent multiprotocol access and continuous protection from corruption.
- AiRE IntelligentFiler 3122G2
- VMware virtual machines
- CRM systems
- Concurrent multiprotocol access
- MBIT (IT partner)
The situation
Made Hse was looking to create a brand-new IT architecture through a unified data solution, to ensure that its data storage, disaster recovery and virtualisation resources would be secure and GDPR-compliant. VMware virtual machines and CRM systems played an important role in the existing infrastructure, and performance improvements for them, such as faster I/O to the VMs, would be key value drivers for the new setup. In the longer term, Made Hse wanted to manage its data more intelligently and efficiently by taking a holistic approach to the data lifecycle.
What was deployed
MBIT helped Made Hse analyse its needs and find the best solution for the new infrastructure. After careful consideration, an AiRE IntelligentFiler model 3122G2 was chosen as the centrepiece of a unified data lifecycle approach. AiRE is designed to optimise data sets automatically for specific workloads through intelligent management of custom profiles and policies. Combined with the platform's true concurrent multiprotocol support and continuous protection from corruption, that gives a uniquely simple user experience, superior performance and airtight disaster recovery.
MBIT had the easy-to-install solution up and running in no time, and added value by helping Made Hse get the most out of STORViX's second-generation unified data platform.
What changed
Database storage was optimised so efficiently that a compression factor of 3 to 4 was achieved. Together with other performance improvements driven by AiRE's AI-driven optimisation algorithms, that enabled a performance gain of more than 50%. The data footprint was reduced by more than a factor of three, without using deduplication. By managing the entire data lifecycle, the solution also makes compliance with data retention policies and accurate data classification much easier.
About Made Hse
Made Hse was founded as part of the Marcegaglia Group to provide health, safety and environment (HSE) services, with its own chemical and microbiological analysis laboratories. Marcegaglia is a global leader in steel processing, with 6,600 employees and 28 steel plants, so Made Hse's consultants bring broad expertise from many sectors, disciplines and HSE challenges.
Made Hse helps private and public sector companies avoid regulatory fines with expert legal advice, improve HSE with proven training methods, and find the best way to meet environmental challenges. With advanced analysis capabilities, integrated technical and legal advice, and software and IT services, the Italian HSE consultancy takes a holistic approach to current and future customer challenges, aiming to drive continuous improvement in business processes and the working environment.
Results
What was measured afterwards
- Performance gain of more than 50% for VMs and CRM systems, from AiRE's AI-driven optimisation
- Compression factor of 3 to 4 on database storage, shrinking the data footprint by more than 3× without deduplication
- GDPR compliance, data retention and data classification made simpler by managing the whole data lifecycle
“Instead of having to choose between security, performance and ease of use, we were able to get the best of all worlds. Now we can sleep easy knowing that GDPR compliance and robust data security are in place. We can also work efficiently with higher performance for our VMs and CRMs than we even knew was possible. We are pleased with the professionalism of MBIT in selecting and implementing the STORViX solution, the fact we can meet the needs of our entire data lifecycle with a single solution and with the ROI we are seeing in the form of reduced storage costs.”
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