Case Study: John Nicholls Group achieves faster customer transactions with DataCore Software

John Nicholls Group boosts 230-user transaction performance with Datacore

John Nicholls Group, a UK-based independent building and plumbing merchant, faced a creaking IT infrastructure that strained its small team and slowed critical customer transactions. To support a new virtualized server environment, they needed a storage performance boost without the high cost of proprietary systems. They turned to vendor DataCore for its Software-Defined Storage (SDS) solution.

DataCore's SDS software layer was implemented over existing hardware, utilizing its caching algorithms to dramatically accelerate data access for their transaction processing database. This provided faster counter and phone service for customers. The solution also delivered central management, hardware independence for long-term cost savings, and enhanced business continuity through features like mirroring and snapshots. The performance gains and operational resilience led John Nicholls Group to steadily grow and maintain their DataCore installation for over seven years.

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