Modernising critical infrastructure including data centres to empower IT team.
The University of Auckland in New Zealand has selected Datrium DVX and Datrium DRaaS with VMware Cloud on AWS solutions to modernise its infrastructure by leveraging the cloud and unifying compute, storage, backup, and disaster recovery (DR).
Challenged with aging infrastructure and an expensive and complex data center environment, the University’s infrastructure services team, supported by its Premier Partner, BEarena, an ASI Solutions company, chose Datrium for its cost-effective, easy-to-manage, VMware-centric solutions with built-in data resiliency and powerful DR capabilities, said Sanit Kumar infrastructure services portfolio manager (ISPM) – Cloud, Network and Datacentre Services at University of Auckland.
Datrium DRaaS with VMware Cloud on AWS offers “flexible and scalable on-demand” cloud DR with instant Recovery Time Objective (RTO), easy failover and failback without requiring VM conversions, he said.
According to Kumar, the University manages two large-scale data centres that serve 40,000 students and over 5,000 staff with a core value of conserving, advancing and disseminating knowledge at a high standard through teaching, learning, research and creative work.
“As part of our digital transformation efforts, we’re modernising critical infrastructure including our data centres to empower our IT team to work more efficiently,” said Kumar. “We were looking for a simplified solution that combines compute, storage, backup, and disaster recovery, and aligns with VMware so we no longer require separate storage, VMware, and backup teams.
The project was a two-phased implementation, the IT team first implemented DVX for integrated compute, storage, encryption, and backup across both data centers. In the second phase, the team will deploy DRaaS with VMware Cloud on AWS, which will add a new dimension of data protection via fast, easy failover and failback capabilities, along with additional cost efficiencies.
Without the need to purchase and maintain physical infrastructure for backup and recovery, The University of Auckland will also save money by eliminating licenses and hardware. That also provides The University of Auckland with the ability to consolidate down to a single data center in the future, using public Cloud for backup and DR (managed via Datrium).
The University of Auckland was introduced to Datrium technology by BEarena, an ASI Solutions company.
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