Case Study: Fujian Rural Credit Union achieves a risk‑mitigated data‑center migration with Dell EMC — only 27.5 hours downtime and improved IT resiliency

Fujian Rural Credit Union - Customer Case Study

Fujian Rural Credit Union (FRCU), a network of 70+ rural credit unions serving more than 1,800 sites across Fujian Province, faced an overtaxed data center with limited floor space, power, and cooling as business demand grew. To migrate and consolidate its infrastructure 300 km to a new Xiamen Software Park data center while protecting critical banking services, FRCU engaged Dell EMC (Dell EMC Consulting), using its application‑centric migration methodology and replication tools to minimize risk and downtime.

Dell EMC conducted detailed discovery of 85 sub‑application systems and 391 pieces of equipment, designed a phased migration with high‑availability servers and SRDF replication, ran emergency drills, and coordinated 300 participants and 30 manufacturers. The move was completed in five months with just 27.5 hours of downtime—below the 30‑hour service limit and nearly 62% less than the initial 72‑hour estimate—resulting in greater capacity for growth, improved IT resiliency, and tighter integration of IT management and business operations.

Fujian Rural Credit Union

Zhang Fan

Data Center Project Manager