Case Study: Alvernia University doubles SQL application performance with Condusiv V-locity

Alvernia University doubles SQL application performance by 100% with Condusiv Technologies

Alvernia University, a private university in Pennsylvania, faced significant performance issues with its Blackboard Learning Management System (LMS) running on an SQL database. Users experienced slow response times, application timeouts during tests, and frequent complaints, leading the IT team to consider an expensive hardware upgrade. They turned to Condusiv Technologies and its V-locity I/O reduction software to address the challenge without a major capital investment.

Condusiv's V-locity software was deployed on the university's Windows virtual machines. The solution dramatically reduced I/O inefficiencies at the source by sequentializing random I/O patterns. This implementation resulted in a more than 100% performance improvement for the LMS application, eliminating all user complaints and timeouts. Response times dropped from 55ms to 5ms, and throughput was doubled. By using Condusiv's software, Alvernia avoided a costly hardware forklift upgrade and gained the confidence to virtualize more of its SQL applications.

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