Case Study: THG Plc achieves scalable, resilient, energy-efficient storage with SoftIron HyperDrive

THG Unlocks Infinite Scalability, Resilience & Efficiency with SoftIron’s Open Source-Based Storage Solution

THG Plc, a global ecommerce tech platform, required a highly resilient and infinitely scalable storage infrastructure to power its mission-critical operations and ambitious growth. The company also needed to support its corporate goal of carbon neutrality by increasing power efficiency in its data centers. To meet these challenges, THG selected SoftIron's HyperDrive, an enterprise storage solution optimized for the open-source Ceph platform.

SoftIron's HyperDrive provided THG with a cloud-native, self-healing storage system that eliminated downtime and enabled on-demand scalability across three global regions. The solution's ultra-efficient design drastically reduced energy usage and heat output, which directly contributed to THG maintaining its CarbonNeutral® certification. According to THG's CTO, SoftIron's technology also significantly sped up development and operations by enabling powerful API integrations for their customers and partners.

THG Plc

Schalk Van Der Merwe

Chief Technology Officer