Case Study: Fresenius Medical Care achieves 50% smaller data center footprint and 1 ms response times with Dell Technologies PowerMax

Fresenius got a shot in the arm from PowerMax arrays

Fresenius Medical Care, a global provider of dialysis treatment operating roughly 3,500 clinics and managing data from tens of thousands of dialysis machines, faced aging storage arrays that threatened responsiveness, availability, and costs for patient care. To modernize its infrastructure and meet budget pressures, Fresenius partnered with Dell Technologies, adopting Dell EMC PowerMax arrays along with CloudIQ monitoring and VMware virtualization.

Dell Technologies deployed three PowerMax 2000 arrays (consolidating key workloads and using tools like SnapVX, SRDF/Metro and Non‑Disruptive Migration) and CloudIQ to centralize management and boost performance. The implementation delivered measurable gains: a 50% smaller data center footprint, 35% reduction in power and cooling costs, sustained latencies as low as 1 ms, a 5.1:1 data reduction ratio, up to 15% higher administrative efficiency and a 25% cut in Oracle licensing costs—ensuring rock‑solid availability for uninterrupted patient care.

Fresenius Medical Care

Joe Pesaturo

Senior Manager Enterprise Systems–Storage