Case Study: ERA achieves scalable, high-performance managed 'Burst to Cloud' media services with DataCore Software

How to transition from traditional VAR services to also offer Managed Services with DataCore

ERA transitioned from a traditional VAR to offering Managed Services and a “Burst to the Cloud” solution for media customers and needed a flexible, high‑performance storage backend. ERA had already been running DataCore’s enterprise licence for its VMware estate and selected the DataCore CSP offering to provide scalable, pay‑as‑you‑use storage that met its resilience, performance and cost-control requirements.

DataCore deployed its hardware‑agnostic CSP software onto ERA’s commodity infrastructure, delivering redundant, high‑performance storage with thin provisioning, caching and fast provisioning. The DataCore solution reduced upfront CAPEX, enabled monthly per‑TB Opex pricing, improved QoS, allowed rapid scaling, and supported ERA’s managed‑service growth — including confidently supporting a ~99.99% zero‑storage‑downtime SLA for media customers.

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