Case Study: Heart of Worcestershire College achieves flexible storage expansion and resource savings with DataCore SANsymphony

Heart of Worcestershire College saves on spinning disks for 4+ years with Datacore

Heart of Worcestershire College, a further and higher education institution, faced the challenge of supporting exponential growth after a merger, needing to flexibly expand storage for over 10,000 students and 700 staff without constant hardware replacement. They turned to software-defined storage from DataCore, specifically its SANsymphony platform, to virtualize and consolidate their storage infrastructure for better management and to avoid being locked into costly hardware cycles.

DataCore's solution provided a software-defined storage layer that enabled automatic tiering of data across multiple storage types and allowed the college to continue using existing HP hardware. The results included avoiding new spending on spinning disks for over four years, reallocating budget to student digital experiences, and ensuring application continuity with zero downtime during maintenance. DataCore also delivered complete management visibility and the flexibility to add storage seamlessly, with the college planning further resilience by adding a third node.

Heart of Worcestershire College